The government of Sudan will transfer ex-President Omar al-Bashir and other suspects to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of genocide.
The Sudanese cabinet had decided to extradite the suspects wanted by The Hague, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi announced on Wednesday, according to the state news agency Suna.
The court accuses al-Bashir of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur conflict.
After three decades in power, the authoritarian head of state al-Bashir was overthrown in April 2019 after months of protests.
In August of the same year, a transitional government took over government in Khartoum.
Al-Bashir was convicted of corruption in December 2019 and was on trial in Khartoum from July 2020 for the 1989 coup that brought him to power.
Crimes During the Darfur Conflict
The arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is mainly based on crimes that have been committed in the Darfur conflict, which has been going on since 2003.
At that time, various ethnic groups had revolted against al-Bashir's rule.
According to the UN, 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million people displaced.
Al-Bashir primarily took action against the insurgents by sending the notorious Janjawid militias.
Under orders from Khartoum, the Arab equestrian militias are said to have committed systematic human rights crimes, including rape, indiscriminate killings, looting and arson.
The ICC had long sought the Sudanese government to extradite the former president and his colleagues in order to bring them to justice.
Foreign Minister al-Mahdi announced the renditions to The Hague during a meeting with the new attorney general of the court, Karim Khan, during his visit to Khartoum.