A Turkish court has sentenced Kurdish former lawmaker, Leyla Guven to more than 22 years in jail on terror-related charges.

Leyla Guven, who was stripped of her parliamentary immunity in June, was convicted of membership of a “terror group” and disseminating “terror propaganda” for outlawed Kurdish armed groups.

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On Monday, Guven was given 14 years and three months in jail on a charge of membership of a “terrorist organization” and an additional eight years for two separate charges of disseminating “terrorist propaganda”.

Guven was not present at the court hearing in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir, and her whereabouts were not immediately clear.

The court however, ordered Guven’s immediate arrest.

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The United States has formally removed Sudan’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”,  after nearly 27 years of putting the country on its blacklist.

The announcement was made by the US embassy in Khartoum on Sunday and comes into effect on Monday.

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Recall that the US government added Sudan to its list of state sponsors of terrorism in 1993 over allegations that al-Bashir’s government was allegedly supporting “terrorist” groups.

US President Donald Trump had said in October that the U.S was going to remove Sudan from the list after Khartoum paid a $335m settlement to American victims of an attack by armed groups on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

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Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named Forbes Africa Person of the year 2020.

Reacting to the development, Okonjo-Iweala, who is hoping to become the first African and first woman to lead the world trade organization in its 25-year history, said she is excited by the prestigious award.

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Nigerians who have bagged the award in the past include President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina; ex-governor of the central bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi II; president of the dangote group, aliko dangote; amongst others.

Okonjo-Iweala, who has been the chair of board of global alliance for vaccines and immunization since January 2016, dedicated the award to all Africans.

Okonjo-Iweala is a strong contender in the race to being the WTO chair and the selection committee is expected to meet this month in Switzerland to pick a choice between her and Myung-Hee of South Korea.

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