Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir

SUDAN: Vulnerable but dangerous A tumultuous political year will begin with the International Criminal Court’s expected issuing of an arrest warrant for President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir...

Its subsidiary PetroChina of which Jiang is the Chairman of the Board has come up against much criticism for its role in Sudan which provides huge revenues to the troubled regime of President Omer Hassan el Beshir...

The arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir issued by the International Criminal Court on 4 March comprehensively overshadowed the golden jubilee of Chinese-Sudanese relations...

Only minutes after the warrant was issued Omer el Beshir and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP aka National Islamic Front) expelled 16 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from Darfur and the Three Areas (Abyei Blue Nile Southern Kordofan) for alleged cooperation with the ICC...

Beijing likes Sirleaf Johnson because of her strong international credentials - unlike its other partners such as Sudan's Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe...

Japan sits in the middle of the row over the International Criminal Court's coming arrest warrant for Sudan President Omer el Beshir: the United States backs it and would veto attempts to defer it; China and Russia want the warrant deferred; Britain and France are wavering...

Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir said that while it is important to work towards peace in the Horn of Africa 'It is feared that the presence of an international military will be a pretext of threat to the stability of the region and further complicate matters...

Beijing’s relations with President Mugabe have been cast in the same light as its strong relations with Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir – as the appeasement of tyrants for commercial or strategic gain...

One difficulty is that Bongo has become an international cheerleader for Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir in his campaign to escape indictment by the International Criminal Court...

UN officials fear that Khartoum will force the disbanding of both Sudan missions through obstruction and military attacks should the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue an arrest warrant for President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir (AC Vol 49 No 21)...

Yet regional forces may be swayed by local political interests: Khartoum has persuaded most Arab and African states to support a deferment of any ICC arrest warrant for Field Marshal Omer el Beshir partly by threatening peacekeepers in Darfur...

When Africa Confidential asked the Africa advisors in both campaigns about their stance on the proposed indictment of President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir by the International Criminal Court both said their candidates would fully support the indictment and would veto any move to suspend or defer it at the United Nations Security Council...