Sudanese communists

"Secretary-General of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud passed away in London two weeks ago, where he was being treated for brain cancer.  After more than 40 years at the helm of one of the oldest Communist parties in the Middle East, he had become a symbol of resolve and temperance.  Among the crowd of supporters and admirers that flocked to Khartoum to commemorate the life of the Communist leader was his high-school classmate, Popular Congress Party (PCP) leader Hassan al-Turabi, who came to pay his last respects to a man who was exhausted by years of searching for democracy and social justice.  However, it appears that the loyalty of this Islamist leader for his childhood friend did not spare him the ire of the Communist party, who began to heckle him as he stepped to the podium at the eulogy."