Former Sudanese ex President Omar al-Bashir’s lawyer, Mohammed al-Hassan al-Amin, said on Wednesday that al-Bashir had been transferred to a medical facility in northern Sudan to receive better medical care.

Al-Amin told the Associated Press that al-Bashir was transferred on Tuesday and would receive proper care at a better-equipped hospital in the town of Marawi, about 330 kilometres north of Khartoum.

The lawyer noted that al-Bashir’s health had recently deteriorated and that he was suffering from age-related complications and high blood pressure.

Al-Bashir, 80, has been detained at a military facility on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, since the outbreak of Sudan’s ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in April 2023.