Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir moved to military hospital in Khartoum

Sudan’s ousted President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to a military hospital in the capital Khartoum after suffering a health problem, while his family is calling for him to be treated abroad.

Family sources told Anadolu on Thursday that al-Bashir, 82, was transferred from Merowe Hospital in Northern State to Alia Specialist Hospital, run by the Sudanese army in Khartoum, where he is receiving medical care. The sources did not say when he was moved to the military hospital.

On Wednesday, local media, including Sudan Tribune, quoted Mohammed al-Hassan al-Amin, al-Bashir’s lawyer, as saying that the military authorities had given initial approval for the former president to travel abroad for treatment, but that the decision had not yet been implemented.

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In a statement on Thursday, al-Bashir’s family said medical reports and developments in his health meant that he urgently needed treatment outside Sudan and that it should not be delayed any longer. It gave no further details about his condition.

The family said it had not received any official notification of approval for al-Bashir to travel abroad for treatment, adding that reports by some individuals or media platforms that such approval had been granted were incorrect.

The statement said the family had repeatedly appealed to the country’s senior leadership to release al-Bashir and end his detention, which has entered its eighth year, but that the appeals had so far received no official response.

Sudanese authorities did not immediately comment on al-Bashir’s treatment or health condition.

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