Omar al-Bashir's family is receiving treatment at the Medical Weapon Hospital in Khartoum. The hospital was set up to treat people who have been injured in clashes between the army and the Sudanese National Congress (SNC) The SNC is a political party that has been in power for more than a decade.

It was formed after the SNC was ousted from power in a bloody civil war in Sudan in the 1990s. SNC has been fighting against the government since then, claiming that it has lost control of the country.