A former Sudanese politician accused of crimes against humanity has announced that he fled from prison along with other former collaborators in this country in full chaos, raising fears of a new conflagration as the cease-fire fire concluded under the American aegis remains fragile .
Ahmed Haroun was detained in Kober prison, in the capital Khartoum, with other senior officials of the former regime, in particular Omar el-Bashir, dictator ousted in 2019 and under the scope of an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "crimes against humanity" and "genocide" in Darfur.
In a speech recorded on Sudanese television on Tuesday evening, Mr. Haroun, also wanted by the ICC, said that former officials of Mr. Bashir’s regime were no longer in detention. "We remained in detention in Kober for nine days (...) and we now have the responsibility for our protection" in another place, he said.
The 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan that came into effect on Tuesday is partially respected. Evacuations of foreigners and civilians fleeing the country continue on Wednesday.
The fighting for 12 days has pitted the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (FSR) against the regular army of Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, two generals who carried out the coup in October 2021, who are now fighting to a merciless war.
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