The United Nations is still to comment on this claim, which comes less than a month after the Jordan-born UN resident coordinator in Sudan got into a row over his interview with Norway's newspaper Bistandsaktuelt.
In early December, the state-run Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) reported that Zaatari had allegedly insulted Sudan and its government in an interview with the Norwegian paper, where he said the people of Sudan could not do without international aid and the situation in the country was worsening.
In 2009, the International Criminal Court accused Bashir of war crimes and genocide against Sudan's non-Arab minorities. The conflict sparked in the Darfur region in 2003 after local tribes accused the government of discrimination.
On December 13, the Hague-based court decided not to pursue the charges against President Bashir and shelved his case.
