Former Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir, awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court, was reportedly been admitted to Alia Military Hospital in Omdurman for a 24-hour period with suspected Covid-19 symptoms.

Maj Gen Abdullah Al Bashir, the former leader’s brother, died of Covid-19 last week.

The Sudanese authorities rejected a request for the former president to attend his brother funeral.

Omar al-Bashir served as the seventh President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état.

Bashir was replaced by the Transitionary Military Council which transferred executive power to a mixed civilian–military Sovereignty Council and a civilian prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, in September 2019.

He was subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corruption charges.

In early November 2019, the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance (FFC), which holds indirect political power during the 39-month Sudanese transition to democracy that started in September, Hamdok and Sovereignty Council member Siddiq Tawer stated that Bashir would be eventually transferred to the ICC. (ILKHA)