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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Last week, we posted a story about comments from the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. Yes, the same one who is committing genocide to the people in Darfur. I thought it was weird that he would show his face in a summit, and make charges against the international community. I also thought it was weird that he was the chair of this group's summit. We found this commentary on the international community...
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Ethiopia Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Yesterday, I came across the following Associated Press report, posted at Sudan Tribune 28 October 2006, and wondered about the possibility of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir making himself eligible for the prize. Most days, I think anything is possible. My favourite motto is "where there's the will, there's a way". "African prize is a ’developmental project’, says Sudanese Billionaire" Oct 27, 2006...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
President Omar al-Bashir says international interference will hamper peace. Darfuris ask: 'What peace?'
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Sudanese oppositionist intellectual Hassan Al-Turabi has accused the Arabs of ignoring the Darfur issue until the International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. He said that President Bashir, who knew about the ... October 7, 2008, 12:40 pm
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
International Criminal Court judges met yesterday with prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to discuss his request to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. The discussion was behind closed doors. It was reported that the judges ... October 2, 2008, 3:07 pm
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Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Human rights activists with Amnesty International USA demonstrated outside the United Nations on Thursday evening to press the UN Security Council to reject the efforts of some countries to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. About 200 demonstraters...
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The Agonist (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
A number of important stories broke in Africa this weekend. The ICC's Luis Ocampo reiterated his intention to prosecute Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes in Darfur . The move has drawn rebukes from the AU and the Arab League, who argue that prosecution will obstruct peace negotiations. As I've said before, my own scattered conversations with Moroccans when this news broke over the summer...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Efforts to rescue Sudan’s president from the International Criminal Court THE UN Security Council is under pressure to suspend the International Criminal Court’s prosecution of Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity. Many say that if the court agrees to the prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Mr Bashir, the strife in Sudan’s warring region...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
YESTERDAY The Scotsman revealed that Britain was supporting a plan to offer Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, immunity from a genocide indictment issued by the Internatio
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
As the United Nations General Assembly meets this week in New York, the crisis in Sudan is front and center on the agenda. Following the International Criminal Court, or ICC, chief prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese government launched a diplomatic offensive to pressure the United Nations Security Council to suspend the ICC investigation....
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Sudan begins lobbying the UN to block an investigation into alleged war crimes in Darfur by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
France has raised the possibility of suspending international war crimes proceedings against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in exchange for a "gesture" of good will from Khartoum on Darfur.
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
[JURIST] South African President Thabo Mbeki spoke out Tuesday against an International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, telling reporters that the move will jeopardize stability in the Darfur region. Mbeki and Bashir issued a joint statement following two days of meetings, focusing in part on possible negative repercussions of an ICC action:he Pre-Trial Chamber of the...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Algeria and Sudan are reportedly planning to ask the UN Security Council to delay war crime proceedings against President Omar al-Bashir.
