Sudan’s Anti-Corruption Committee has confiscated 79 real estate properties that were illegally acquired by leading members of the country’s Islamic movement during the regime of ousted President Omar Al Bashir.
On Thursday, the Empowerment* Elimination, Anti-Corruption, and Funds Recovery Committee announced that the confiscated properties in total amount to 36,411,114 square metres. The value of the seized funds is estimated at $1.20 billion.
Islamic movement leader Abdelbasit Hamza comes at the top of the list. Six plots of nearly 15 million square metres belonging to his Dongola Ergin Road Company in Northern State were seized, in addition to more than one million acres of agricultural lands.
Hamza also owned the Friendship Palace Hotel and the surrounding area in Khartoum, as well as land in other parts of the capital. He had the majority of shares of the Salam Rotana Hotel and the Afra Mall, and a large number of shares at MTN Sudan telecommunication company.
Anti-corruption committee member Salah Manaa said in a press conference on Thursday that the properties taken from the Islamist leader are estimated at more than $2 billion.
