All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Turkey should not allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend a conference in Istanbul, and should arrest him if he sets foot in Turkey, Human Rights Watch said today.
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
by CLAIRE GRINTON , Contributing Writer Propaganda has a long history in times of both war and peace; this time it's gone high-tech. A new website posted by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has many outraged at the audacity of the President to so glibly ignore the violence in Darfur and feign innocence. President al-Bashir was arrested in July of 2008 for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Governments are meeting at the Africa Union Commission Secretariat in Addis Ababa from 3-6 November 2009 to continue to discuss AU concerns with the International Criminal Court, which were triggered by the issuance of the international arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al- Bashir. While Africa is the continent with the most state parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Being Greeted By Chinese Official After Arriving in Beijing for the Sino-African Summit Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire Photo File Monday November 2, 2009 China's relations with Africa (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao heads to Egypt this week to attend the second Africa-China summit. Here are some facts about ties between China and Africa: TRADE...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, will be attending the China-Africa Forum to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on 8 November, Sudanese presidential advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday in Cairo. Mustafa Osman was carrying a written message from President al-Bashir to his counterpart President Mubarak on [...]
JURIST (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday completed the confirmation of charges hearing against Sudanese war crimes suspect Bahr Idriss Abu Garda. During the hearing, prosecutors alleged that Abu Garda controlled rebel forces during the September 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in North-Darfur. Abu Garda is suspected of having led the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) President Sang-Hyun Song on Thursday addressed the UN General Assembly, citing outstanding arrest warrants as the "biggest obstacle" to the court's proceedings. In particular, Song discussed the case of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir in March for crimes against humanity, but he has not yet been...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A visibly angry President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, yesterday pointedly told a humbled delegation from President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir that the very hostile treatment against him and his colleagues was unacceptable to Nigeria.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark yesterday accepted apologies from President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan over the treatment meted out to his delegation by that country when it turned away his flight from landing midair.
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Nasser Al-Din Wali, director of the Americas Department in Sudan's Foreign Ministry, has revealed that as part of its incentives to Sudan, the U.S. will not support the prosecution of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in the International ... October 27, 2009, 11:11 am
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Amnesty International yesterday revealed that Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has issued an invitation to Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to visit Nigeria even though President al Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
CNN (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Nigeria to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he attends an African Union Summit there on Thursday.
CNN (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Nigeria to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he attends an African Union Summit there on Thursday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Amnesty International today revealed that Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has issued an invitation to Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to visit Nigeria even though President al Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir failed to attend the 35th Extraordinary Session of the Igad Council of Ministers on Collective Protocol Agreement implementation process with Government of Southern Sudan in Uganda this week. President Bashir's absence, analyst believe, was prompted by fears that he could be arrested following his indictment by the International Criminal Court.
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