Sudan orders arrest of former foreign minister over role in 1989 coup

The arrest of a former foreign minister of Sudan, Ali Karti has been ordered by the local prosecutor’s office for his role in the 1989 coup which brought former president Omar al-Bashir to power.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the prosecutor’s office said 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 parliamentary.

Human rights activists have long accused Karti of being implicated in crimes committed by the state as far back as the 1990s when he was in charge of a government militia responsible for widespread abuses in southern Sudan.

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Mr Karti has however, frequently denied any abuses were carried out by the Sudanese state when Mr Bashir was in power.

The former president who was ousted last year is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide, and is also on trial in Sudan over the killing of protesters and the 1989 military coup.

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