SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan arrests several top members of former ruling party - senior party official

20/4/19: Reuters – Sudan arrests several top members of former ruling party - senior party official

Sudanese authorities have arrested several top members of the former ruling party of ousted President Omar Al Bashir.

  A source in Al Bashir’s National Congress Party said authorities arrested the acting party head Ahmed Haroun, former first vice president Ali Osman Taha, former Bashir aide Awad Al Jaz, the secretary general of the Islamic movement Al Zubair Ahmed Hassan, and former parliament speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al Taher.

 Former presidential aide Nafie Ali Nafie and parliament chairman Ibrahim Ahmed Omar have been placed on house arrest, the source added.