If I Was an African President, I Wouldn’t Quit Power Either
Some African leaders with 20 years in power, from top left to bottom right: Omar al-Bashir, Sudan; Idress Deby Itno, Chad; Yoweri Museveni, Uganda; King Mswati III, Swaziland; Denis Sassou Nguesso, Republic of the Congo; Paul Biya, Cameroon; Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe; Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Angola; Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasongo, Equatorial Guinea. I am writing […]
CAR, Chad, Sudan Discuss Joint Border Force
The Presidents of Sudan, Chad, and the Central Africa Republic held a meeting in El Fasher this week, at the conclusion of the celebration of Doha Document for Peace in Darfur. Sudan’s Information Minister, Ahmed Bilal Osman, told the press in El Fasher that the presidents, including Omar Al Bashir, Idriss Déby and Faustin Archange […]
Sudan President Bashir Declares Ceasefire in Blue Nile, South Kordofan
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a comprehensive four-month ceasefire in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where fighting between armed rebels and government troops has left scores of casualties. Rebel fighters with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have been battling government forces in the two southern states since 2011, in a […]
South Africa Will Not Arrest Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir
The Supreme Court of Appeal said on Tuesday that the South African government was under an obligation to co-operate with the ICC in arresting Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. The court dismissed the State’s appeal against a high court ruling that government’s failure to arrest Al Bashir was inconsistent with its constitutional duties. The SCA […]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Visits China
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to make a rare long-distance visit to China, the foreign ministry said Sunday, despite an International Criminal Court indictment for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Bashir is to attend September 3 celebrations marking Japan’s defeat in World War II and meet his Chinese counterpart, a foreign ministry spokesman said. “President […]
Bashir supports and harboring Joseph Kony, also responsible for killing elephants and trading the ivory
Some 30,000 African elephants die each year as a result of poaching, and many of their ivory tusks wind up hundreds or thousands of miles away. Investigative journalist Bryan Christy wanted to track the route of the poached tusks, so he commissioned a taxidermist to create two fake ivory tusks, which he embedded with specially […]
By Hosting Al-Bashir South Africa Broke its Own Laws
South Africa says it will review its membership of the ICC. This follows a dispute between the government and the High Court over Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The opposition says the government acted wrongly. As the discussion on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir while attending an African Union summit in the […]
South Africa may leave ICC over al-Bashir arrest row
South Africa has said it might leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a row over the court’s attempt to have Sudan’s president arrested there. Omar al-Bashir was allowed to attend an African Union summit in South Africa despite being wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes. After a cabinet meeting, […]
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 […]
Sudanese ‘Strong Man’ Al-Bashir Near-Miss Rattles Dictators’ Club
WHEN President Robert Mugabe left for the AU summit a few days ago, big on his agenda was to sell his grandiose plan for the beneficiation of local resources as contained in Agenda 2063, the theme of the summit. But by the end of the meeting, the 91-year-old had taken the lead role in defending […]
