Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who is facing an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Darfur, arrived in Libya on Thursday, his third trip abroad in a week, his office said.
"He is now in Libya," presidential spokesman Fadel Mahjoub told AFP, without elaborating on the reasons for the visit.
Earlier, Beshir's office had said the president would be travelling to Ethiopia.
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has criticised the warrant, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 4. He told UN chief Ban Ki-moon it constituted a "grave precedent against the independence of less powerful states, their sovereignty and their political choices."
Kadhafi, the current African Union chief, said the ICC was "selective" and that the court, based in The Hague, was "employing a policy of double standards in targeting African and third-world states."
On Monday, defying the warrant, Beshir paid a visit to Eritrea and talks with Issaias Afeworki.
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