(FILE PHOTO) Ahmed Haroun, then-governor of Sudan's embattled state of South Kordofan, speaks to reporters in Khartoum on July 26, 2011. (Photo by Ashraf SHAZLY / AFP)
Khartoum: Sudan's army-aligned authorities arrested Ahmed Haroun, the head of ousted president Omar al-Bashir's former ruling National Congress Party (NCP), a security official told AFP Sunday in Khartoum.
Haroun was "taken into custody based on legal procedures", the source said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Haroun, who is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, was first arrested in April 2019, after Bashir was ousted following mass protests.
