As a token of its support Eritrea has provided about 300 troops for the conflict as has Sudan which has used its participation to stave off earlier Saudi hostility to President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's regime...
President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's expected announcement of a 'National Reconciliation Government' won't change the national political calculus...
President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir takes the disobedience campaign seriously...
It would like to see amendments to Articles 98 and 97 to permit someone like President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir who is wanted on charges of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity to attend international meetings (which he has in fact done in many countries of the Global South) especially as Sudan is no longer signed up to the ICC...
It seems specifically linked to Zuma's refusal to detain Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir during an AU summit in South Africa in June 2015 (AC Vol 56 No 13 Fugitive flees as courts sidelined)...
As an ICC member South Africa is required under the Rome Statute to cooperate with the Court and arrest fugitives such as Omer el Beshir who faces charges of war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur...
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President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir had hoped that the planned return of veteran politician El Sadig el Mahdi after two years of exile in Egypt would give a veneer of credibility to the political talks...
Omer el Beshir has been quietly purging the army of the Sa'aihoun group we hear (AC Vol 54 No 9 Rifts in the regime)...
Omer el Beshir's recent flying visit to Saudi Arabia seems to have been partly about money...
That's because President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's regime blocks all access to Jebel Marra Central Darfur where it now concentrates most of its attacks...
The EU insists the expenditure will be closely monitored to avoid its diversion or support for other actions by the Islamist government: President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Vol 57 No 15 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
It was irresponsible…' Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir attended the African Union summit in Kigali on 17 July and offered troops for the planned intervention force...
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