Machar in Sudan for medical attention

Khartoum. The Sudanese government disclosed that the South Sudan’s fugitive former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar is in Khartoum for medical treatment, the same day the new appointed south Sudan First vice president left the country in three-day official visit.

However the Sudanese minister of information Ahmed Bilal Osman said in a press release on Tuesday that Sudan has received Mr. Machar for medical treatment, in the Sudanese capital.

Osman said that the health condition of Dr. Machar is stable adding that Khartoum has notified the government of South Sudan about Machar’s arrival.

Sudan has recently received Dr Rick Machar, on purely humanitarian reasons top of which his need for urgent medical attention, as when he arrived his health conditions required urgent medical attention’’ the statement confirmed.

‘’The health condition of Dr Riek Machar is now stable and he will stay in the country under full medical supervision until he leaves the country for a destination of his choice to complete his medical treatment’’ the statement read in a part.

Last week, United Nations said that the South Sudanese fugitive former First Vice President, Riek Machar, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after he fled from South Sudan.

Media reports also claimed that Machar has been evacuated from a place on the south Sudan’s- DRC border last week by the Sudanese authorities.

The reports alleged that the Sudanese army has airlifted Machar.

However the Sudanese minister spokesman Garib Allah Alkhidir has denied the reports, describing it as ‘’unfounded speculations’’.

He told Africa review on Tuesday that Sudan has nothing to do with the flee of Dr. Machar from South Sudan, adding that Khartoum has received him for humanitarian reasons according to his request.

(NMG)