Fears over Sudan ceasefire as former regime members escape
Ahmed Haroun, a former top aide Sudan’s former dictator Omar al-Bashir and who is also wanted by the ICC. He said in a recorded address to Sudanese television on April 25, 2023 that he and a number of officials from the former regime were out of jail. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP
A wanted Sudanese war crimes suspect has confirmed that he and other members of the Islamist regime ousted in 2019 have escaped from prison during recent fighting, raising new fears for a fragile ceasefire that has enabled foreigners to flee.
