Ahmed Haroun, a former high-ranking Sudanese official wanted for war crimes, says he and other members of ex-strongman Omar al-Bashir's government have been freed from prison.
The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces together removed al-Bashir from power during mass protests in 2019, only to later stage a coup that derailed the country's transition to democracy.
The military said in a statement Wednesday morning that al-Bashir and other former officials had been detained at a military-run medical facility due to their health conditions"before the rebellion broke out" at Kober prison.The army said it was sharing the whereabouts of al-Bashir and other former officials"as a deterrent to the massive disinformation that some rebel media microphones have been promoting to distract people.
The army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, had accused the RSF of donning military uniforms and attacking the prison, according to The Associated Press, saying they released inmates and looted the facility. The RSF, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, denied the allegations and claimed that the military “forcibly evacuated” the facility as part of a plan to restore al-Bashir to power, the news agency reported.
Their alliance has since fallen apart over how to make the transition to civilian rule, with the tensions erupting into armed conflict earlier this month.
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