Ahmed Haroun was indicted on 27 April 2007 on 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts of war crimes with regard to the situation in Darfur, Sudan. He is alleged to have coordinated the operations of Sudanese military, police, security, and Janjaweed forces in the Darfur region while he was Minister of State for the Interior from April 2003 to September 2005 during the Darfur conflict. These forces were allegedly aided and encouraged by Haroun to attack Fur civilian populations, specifically those in the towns of Arawala, Bindisi, Kodoom, Mukjar, and the surrounding areas. Civilian populations were subject to persecution, murder, forcible transfer, rape, imprisonment, torture, sexual abuse, and other inhumane acts. Additionally, property was allegedly destroyed and the towns were pillaged. Since his indictment, Haroun continued to play an active role in the Sudanese government, which refused to cooperate with the Court, for several years. He served as Sudan's Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs until May 2009 when he was appointed Governor of South Kordofan.