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| Former Sudan Foreign Minister, Ali Karti |
Khartoum, SUDAN
The Sudanese
prosecutor’s office on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former Foreign Minister,
Ali Karti, for his role in the 1989 coup which brought Omar al-Bashir to power.
The prosecutor’s office
said in a statement Karti’s assets would be frozen and arrest warrants
were issued for five other people, including Omar Suleiman, a former head of a
parliamentary chamber and the man believed to have accompanied Bashir to
Khartoum during the military coup.
Al-Bashir, who was
overthrown by the military in April last year amid nationwide protests, faces
charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the conflict
that broke out in Darfur in 2003.
Al-Bashir ruled Sudan
for 30 years.
Since his ouster last
year, al-Bashir has been in jail in the capital, Khartoum, on charges of
corruption.
The prosecution’s case
against Bashir and other members of his regime accused of orchestrating the
coup started in November last year.
Sudan is now ruled by a
joint civilian and military sovereign council, which is tasked with overseeing
a transition to civilian rule as demanded by the protest movement. -
Africa
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