This archive report was first published on 13 June 2020.
On April 11, 2019, Sudan's military ousted President Omar Al-Bashir, who had ruled the country for over three decades since 1989. The move came after five months of sustained protests over the high cost of living, which began in late 2018 in Khartoum, Sudan.
According to Sudan Akhbar, the country's anti-corruption committee has discovered an account in Al-Bashir's name with a monthly income of $20 million until after the secession of the South. This amount gradually reduced to $8 million and then to $3 million before stopping altogether after Al-Bashir's ouster.
Chairman of the Committee for the Elimination of Empowerment, Fighting Corruption and Recovery of Funds in Sudan Mohamed Al-Fake revealed the findings on Tuesday, stating that the funding stopped only after Al-Bashir was ousted from power.
Al-Bashir's ouster marked the end of his 30-year rule, during which he faced numerous allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. In 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
