KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Bashir underwent a knee operation on Sunday, his press secretary said, amid uncertainty over whether the leader will seek to extend his 25 years in power.

“President Bashir had a knee replacement operation today in Royal Care Hospital. It was done by a Sudanese medical team,” the secretary, Emad Sayed Ahmed, said in a statement. He added that Bashir, 70, “will stay in bed for a few days.”

Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.