Sudanese authorities have arrested several top members of the former ruling party of ousted President Omar al-Bashir
, in a move that could bolster military rulers who are under mounting pressure by protesters to hand power to civilians.
“The chief public prosecutor ... ordered the president detained and quickly questioned in preparation to put him on trial,” the judicial source told Reuters. “The public prosecution will question the former president in Kobar prison,” the source said. The source also said parliament speaker Ibrahim Ahmed Omar and presidential aide Nafie Ali Nafie were under house arrest.Bashir, who is also being sought by the International Criminal Court over allegations of genocide in Sudan’s western Darfur region, was ousted on April 11 by the military following months of protests against his rule and had been held at a presidential residence.
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