Ahmed Mohammed Haroun is one of five Sudanese men wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
15 Facts About Ahmed Haroun
2.
Ahmed Haroun was arrested in April 2019 by local authorities in Sudan following a coup which overthrew al-Bashir.
3.
Ahmed Haroun comes from the Bargo tribe in western Sudan.
4.
At one time Ahmed Haroun was Sudan's youngest minister of state.
5.
Ahmed Haroun accused in participating in mobilizing and training of tribal fighters to attack civilians during the counterinsurgency in South Sudan.
6.
Ahmed Haroun participated in the mobilization of the Murahileen militia and the conduct of military operations in Kordofan during the 1990s.
7.
Ahmed Haroun allegedly recruited, funded and armed the Janjaweed militia, and incited numerous attacks against civilian populations.
8.
Ahmed Haroun supposedly declared in one of his meetings that as the head of security he had the authority to eliminate or pardon anyone in order to maintain peace and safety.
9.
Ahmed Haroun was accused of pressuring displaced persons to leave displacement camps, and in doing so placed women and children at risk of attacks and malnutrition.
10.
On 27 April 2007, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Ahmad Muhammad Ahmed Haroun, charging him with 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts of war crimes.
11.
Ahmed Haroun is accused of recruiting, funding and arming the Janjaweed militia.
12.
From April 2003 until September 2005, Ahmed Haroun was Minister of State as well as head of the "Darfur Security Desk," and from 2006 to 2009, he served as the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs.
13.
Ahmed Haroun was seen as the only suitable mediator at the time.
14.
In June 2011, Ahmed Haroun defeated Abdelaziz al-Hilu of the SPLA to become the governor of South Kordofan in an election rejected by the SPLA as rigged.
15.
Ahmed Haroun escaped custody during the chaos of the 2023 Sudan conflict, and voiced support for the Sudanese Armed Forces.