Omar al-Bashir took power in a 1989 military coup and was ousted by the army in 2019
Sudan's army says ousted Bashir is in military hospital
The army says ousted former president and around 30 others were moved to the hospital on the recommendation of medical staff in Kober prison before fighting broke out.
Wednesday 26/04/2023
Omar al-Bashir took power in a 1989 military coup and was ousted by the army in 2019
DUBAI - Sudan's army on Wednesday said ousted former president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir is being held in a military hospital under police custody.
Formerly jailed Bashir and around 30 others were moved to the hospital on the recommendation of medical staff in Kober prison before fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out, the statement said.
The whereabouts of Bashir came into question after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on Tuesday he had left the prison with other ex-officials.
Both Bashir and Haroun are wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged atrocities in Darfur.
Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions as more people fled Khartoum in the chaos.
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire beginning on Tuesday after negotiations mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia.
But gunfire and explosions could be heard after nightfall in Omdurman, one of Khartoum's sister cities on the Nile River where the army used drones to target RSF positions, a Reuters reporter said. UN special envoy on Sudan Volker Perthes told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the ceasefire "seems to be holding in some parts so far."