Sudan’s ousted former president Omar al-Bashir has reportedly been moved from an Omdurman hospital to a military-supervised residential compound in Khartoum, as uncertainty continues over whether he will be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Sudan Tribune reported on Thursday, citing informed sources, that Bashir had been transferred to an undisclosed residence overseen by military authorities in the capital.
The reported move follows his recent transfer from the northern city of Merowe to Alia Specialist Hospital in Omdurman for further medical examinations while remaining under military custody. The Sudan Times reported the hospital transfer earlier this week.
According to Sudan Tribune, members of Bashir’s family have since visited him at the residential compound to check on his condition and discuss his personal and medical requirements with officials.
A source quoted by the outlet said the former president was in good condition and receiving close medical attention. Senior government officials had also reportedly visited him, although their identities were not disclosed.
The development comes amid conflicting accounts over efforts to secure treatment for Bashir outside Sudan.
His lawyer, Mohamed al-Hassan al-Amin, said earlier this week that military authorities had given preliminary approval for the 82-year-old to travel abroad because some medical examinations and procedures he requires are unavailable in Sudan.
Bashir’s family subsequently contradicted that account, saying it had received no notification from any official authority approving foreign medical treatment.
In a statement reported by The Sudan Times on Thursday, the family said Bashir’s condition had deteriorated and appealed directly to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to authorise his travel abroad for specialist treatment.
It remains unclear whether the reported transfer to the Khartoum residence represents a temporary arrangement or a longer-term change in Bashir’s custody.
Bashir was removed from power in April 2019 following months of mass protests against his nearly three-decade rule.
He later faced domestic proceedings over the 1989 military coup that brought him to power, although the trial was suspended after Sudan’s war erupted in April 2023.
Bashir is also wanted by the International Criminal Court, which issued arrest warrants against him in 2009 and 2010 over allegations of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
The ICC continues to list him as wanted, making any potential move to allow him to leave Sudan for treatment legally and politically sensitive.
