Sudan's military has reportedly arrested a former Islamist official from the ousted dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Darfur.
Ahmed Haroun heads the National Congress Party (NCP), which ruled Sudan during the last two decades of al-Bashir's 30-year dictatorship, and is seen as the former president's successor.
Haroon's arrest, which was confirmed by NCP officials, came just days after a four-hour interview on a program called 'Sudan Podcast' hosted by journalist Ravi Siraj.
During the same episode, he claimed that Abdulfattah al-Burhan, the commander-in-chief of the Sudanese army and the Sudanese president who controls the Transitional Sovereignty Council, was heavily influenced by anti-Islamic propaganda.
Al-Burhan is seen as a traitor by Bashir loyalists given his role in the ousting of the former presidents in 2019, when Haroun was among the top Islamists wanted in the International Criminal Court's custody.