SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Former militia warns against al-Bashir handover to ICC

9/11/19: Sudan Tribune - Former militia warns against al-Bashir handover to ICC

 Sudan Tribune reports that pro-Islamist militia the Popular Defence Forces (PDF) has issued a statement threatening “a mass fire that will spare no one” if the Sudanese government hands over Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court.

 Although the statement said that the PDF is not opposed to trying al-Bashir inside Sudan, they warned that any attempt to prosecute him abroad may result in “unexpected” consequences.

 The PDF, which is established in 1989 after the coup that brought al-Bashir to power, is now part of the Sudanese army. However, according to the Small Arms Survey, the group has a “weak central coordination, and tensions between its political and military wings.”