Hamas yesterday denied having any property or investments in Sudan, following media stories claiming the authorities in Khartoum had seized them.
“We haven’t any investments in Sudan,” mentioned spokesman Hazem Qassem. “We would not have an issue with any Sudanese authority,” he added.
Earlier yesterday, Reuters reported that officers from a process power set as much as dismantle the regime of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir seized actual property, firm shares, a lodge in a primary Khartoum location, an alternate bureau, a TV station, and greater than 1,000,000 acres of farmland.
A variety of Hamas officers have denied the report, with senior member, Musa Abu Marzouk explaining that “a few of what’s reported right here is outdated”, including that “most of it has nothing to do with Hamas”.
In the meantime, political analyst Hazem Ayyad described the stories as “distorted and aimed to hyperlink Hamas with the coup in a ridiculous manner.”
The report that the property has been confiscated got here two days after the Sudanese Ministry of Defence announced that it had foiling a coup try orchestrated by Bashir loyalists.
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