Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend an Islamic summit in Istanbul next week following EU objections, Turkish officials say. Bashir is the subject of an international arrest warrant for war crimes.
In a decree issued early Friday, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir dismissed the country’s powerful intelligence chief and replaced him by the number two in the intelligence agency. No reasons were provided for changes.
President Idriss Deby of Chad lashes out at his Sudanese counterpart, accusing him of plotting to overthrow his regime. And he says he backs the warrant arrest against Bashir by the ICC for crimes against humanity.
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo (photo) has appealed against a decision by the court not to charge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in the Darfur conflict.
African Union leaders have approved a decision not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for alleged crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir may be the target of an international arrest warrant, but for a mining company affiliated to France's nuclear giant Areva, relations with the war-torn African country are about big money.
Sudan sentenced to death another 11 Darfur rebels on Sunday, for their part in a 2008 attack on Khartoum. The sentence raises to 82 the number of Justice and Equality Movement fighters ordered hanged for the raid.
Sudanese envoys in Paris on Thursday urged the international community to normalise ties with their country, and forget about the ICC war crimes arrest warrant issued against their president Omar al-Bashir.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) arrived in Ethiopia Tuesday on his sixth foreign trip since an International Criminal Court arrest warrant was issued for him in connection with alleged war crimes committed in Darfur.
Booming in 2008, the Sudanese economy has since been doubly struck by the global economic crisis and the recent arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against its president Omar al-Bashir.
