South Africa Denies Omar al-Bashir Plot
South Africa’s government has denied reports that ministers secretly plotted the departure of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir last week. He faced the possibility of arrest because of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant on charges of genocide. A South African court ordered Mr Bashir to stay in the country while it decided if the warrant […]
Al-Bashir’s SA Experience a Reminder of His ‘Pariah Status’
The attempt to arrest al-Bashir is the first time a court in an ICC member state has come to answering the question whether a sitting head of state can be detained and handed over to the ICC. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s decision to leave South Africa speedily to avoid arrest on an International Criminal Court […]
Africa Must Set Up Own ICC to Try Europeans: Mugabe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is also the African Union (AU) chair, says Africa must establish its own International Criminal Court (ICC) which would be mandated to prosecute Western leaders who have committed crimes on the continent. According to the state-owned Chronicle newspaper, Mugabe said it was high time Africa set up a criminal court […]
President Bashir Flees South Africa
President Omar al-Bashir left the African Union summit early and Monday and flew out of South Africa from Pretoria’s main air force base, a leading South African military correspondent reported on Monday. His reported departure came as three judges of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria were considering an application from a civil society […]
Obama visiting Kenya Dumb idea
This week, Secretary of State John Kerry paid a welcome, quick and clandestine visit to troubled Somalia after a short, heavily protected stop in Kenya. But that doesn’t make President Obama’s plan to visit Kenya in July any less misconceived or dangerous.To uphold the dignity of his office, and for the good of Kenyans, President […]
