Sudan orders arrest of former foreign minister over 1989 coup – Middle East Monitor

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.

It said in a statement that Karti’s assets would be frozen and that arrest warrants had been 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, the capital, during the coup.

Source: Sudan orders arrest of former foreign minister over 1989 coup – Middle East Monitor

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