Sudan re-arrests former Bashir official wanted by ICC

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Sudan re-arrests former Bashir official wanted by ICC  Ahmed Haroun, a senior security official during the rule of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, and later chairman of the former ruling National Congress Party, was detained in Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, Khartoum, according to two lawyers on his defense team. The lawyers had said earlie  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/11/09/sudan-re-arrests-former-bashir-official-wanted-by-icc  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Sudanese authorities have rearrested Ahmed Haroun, a former senior official under Omar al-Bashir,

00:07who is wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes in Darfur.

00:11Two lawyers on Haroun's defence team said he was detained in Omdurman on Sunday.

00:17His current whereabouts are unknown and no reason was given for his rearrest.

00:23Haroun was previously detained after al-Bashir was ousted in 2019

00:27but escaped from prison in April 2024 when the facility was attacked during Sudan's war.

00:34His lawyers linked the latest detention to comments he made in a podcast about his party's relationship with the military.

00:42The National Congress Party has called for his immediate release.

00:47Haroun denies the ICC charges which includes crimes against humanity and war crimes.

00:57Electron was signed by the National Congress�, the National Congress in Sweden.

00:57It's not a law.

00:58It's not a law.

00:59It happens to be a vote on the National Congress.

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