The ousted former Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, is currently being held in a military hospital under police custody in Khartoum, the Sudan capital, the country’s army revealed on Wednesday.
Reuters reports that the formerly jailed Al-Bashir and about 30 others were moved from Kober prison to the military hospital on the recommendation of medical staff in Kober prison before the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out.
Al-Bashir’s whereabouts became questionable after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on Tuesday he had left the prison with other ex-officials.
It was gathered that Al-Bashir and Haroun are wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged atrocities in Darfur.
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire beginning on Tuesday after negotiations mediated by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
But the war resumed late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions as more people fled Khartoum amid the fight.
