Prisoners escaped from the Kober prison after being attacked by a group of armed men; this prison houses former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, overthrown in a military coup in 2019, who is awaiting the end of his second trial. Sudan Post reports . There is no official confirmation of al-Bashir's whereabouts yet.
The Kobar also contains representatives of the al-Bashir administration, according to the publication, all of them remain in custody.
According to the publication, the prison was attacked by the Rapid Reaction Force (RSF). According to eyewitnesses, armed RSF members broke into the prison, shooting and throwing grenades to force their way through the gate. They then released the prisoners, including several dignitaries who were being held on charges of corruption and other crimes, including the 1989 government takeover.
Russian Ambassador to Sudan Andrey Chernovol said that employees of the Russian diplomatic mission in Sudan are studying all possible ways and routes to evacuate people from the combat zone.
US troops will remain in Djibouti to ensure the safety of US government employees due to the situation in Sudan, US President Joe Biden said . According to him, additional forces are ready to be sent to the region if necessary. The US Armed Forces have already carried out an operation to evacuate American diplomatic personnel and others from Khartoum.
Clashes between the armed forces of Sudan and the paramilitary group "Rapid Support Forces" (RSF) began on Saturday, April 15. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said the military had violated the ceasefire and now the RSF will pursue the leader of the armed forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. According to the UN, over three days of clashes in Sudan, 185 people were killed, about 1,800 civilians and militants were injured. In the capital Khartoum, the EU ambassador to Sudan, Irish diplomat Aidan O'Hara, was attacked in his home.
The RSF said they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army commander and Khartoum International Airport, as well as a military base in the northern city of Merov. It was also reported that they announced the capture of airports in Merow and El Obeid in the west, it was not possible to verify the information. Due to what is happening, Sudan's international airport has stopped receiving flights.
In 2019, as a result of a military coup, the Sudanese army removed Omar al-Bashir from the presidency and dismissed the government. A military council led by the first vice-president, Defense Minister Awad bin Auf, seized power in the country. In October 2021, another military coup took place in Sudan, the military arrested members of the transitional government that was formed after the coup in 2019. Two, in fact, independent armies – the armed forces of Sudan and the paramilitary group "Rapid Support Forces" (RSF) – were supposed to unite, the dispute over the conditions for the entry of the RSF into the ranks of the army provoked a new round of violence in Sudan, experts from The International Crisis Group , who monitor situation in the country.
Structures controlled by Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin tried to save the al-Bashir regime in 2019, Dossier found out. Among other things, the political technologists of Prigozhin’s companies drew up action plans for the Sudanese authorities to combat protest moods. The fact that Prigozhin and structures subordinate to him exploit the natural resources of Sudan for personal purposes was stated in 2020 by former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. CNN also reported in its investigation how gold from Sudan is exported by land to the Central African Republic, where the Wagner PMC operates.