Sudan's Mahdi rejects call for mass demos on June 30 Sudan's veteran opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi holds a press conference in Sudan's capital Khartoum in which he rejects a call for nationwide mass demonstrations against the country's ruling generals on June 30. The June 30 rallies called by the alliance coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that had brought now ousted leader Omar al-Bashir to power after toppling the then elected government of Mahdi. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES