Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes, won't be extradited, country's new military rulers said on Friday. "Bashir is currently in custody," the head of the military council's political committee, Lieutenant General Omar Zain al-Abdin, told a news conference.

"We as a military council, will not deliver Bashir abroad during our period" in office, Abdin said when asked about the ICC arrest warrant. Meanwhile, Sudanese protesters, angry that army commanders have taken control after removing Bashir in a palace coup, defied a night-time curfew to keep up four months of mass demonstrations on Friday.