energy to run. In April al-Turabi was stopped at Khartoum airport and prevented from travelling to Paris for medical tests despite having obtained permission to travel from the interior ministry. Al-Turabi announced on 2 January 2010 that the PCP had designated his deputy, Abdallah Deng Nhial, as its candidate for the 2010 presidential election. Al-Turabi was again arrested in mid May 2010, but was released on 1 July 2010. On 18 January 2011, security forces arrested Hassan al-Turabi from Khartoum, presumably at the wake of the recent instability in Sudan’s politics. Al-Turabi commented on the recent price rises in Sudan stating it could result at a "popular uprising" if the unrealistic rises were not reversed. He added that the governments including that of Sudan should take lessons from the recent events in Tunisia. Death On 5 March 2016, Turabi died at a hospital in Khartoum at the age of 84. He was believed to have died of a heart attack. Turabi's funeral was held the next day, with several thousand mourners in attendance, and he was buried at Burri Al-Lamab, a cemetery in eastern Khartoum. References Further reading Abdelwahid, Mustafa A. The Rise of the Islamic Movement in Sudan (1945–1989). The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. External links Official website Turabi video Interview Sudan Update's entry on the National Islamic Front BBC article on his June 2005 release Text of a speech given by al-Turabi before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Chapter 2 of 9/11 Commission Report al-Turabi is described in Section 2.3 1932 births 2016 deaths Alumni of King's College London Islamic democracy activists National Congress Party (Sudan) politicians National Islamic Front (Sudan) politicians People from Kassala (state) People of the War in Darfur Prisoners and detainees of Sudan Speakers of the National Assembly (Sudan) Foreign ministers of Sudan Sudanese Islamists Sudanese prisoners and detainees Sudanese Socialist Union politicians Sudanese Sunni Muslims Sunni Islamists University of Khartoum alumni