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On March 4, Sudanese President, General Omar al-Bashir, was issued a warrant of arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and missed on the ultimate prosecution for genocide. He simply snubbed such warrant and flaunted his impunity through his trips outside Sudan. This time, the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague will finally [...]

There have been other genocides apart from the one in Sudan. There had been systematic killing of populations in Germany, Cambodia, and Rwanda. The difference with the genocide in Darfur is that Omar al-Bashir, the perpetrator of the genocide, carries on his mockery of the justice system, ignores his arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and war [...]

During a speech in Zalengi in western Darfur, Sudan President and ICC-indicted Omar al-Bashir said that he welcomes the support of the Arab League and African Union. “We found a very strong position in regional organizations such as the Arab League and the AU,” he said, referring to the rejection of these organizations of his arrest warrant for [...]

The arrest warrant issued against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has created a wave of adverse reaction. The Arab League rejects the arrest. al-Bashir haughtily ignores it, even responding to it by kicking out humanitarian groups from Darfur, and predictably calling [...]

The U.S. State Department asserts that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be responsible for every death that will occur after the Khartoum government kicked out foreign aid groups this month. U.S. diplomats reported that conditions are worsening in the refugee camps that have been accommodating thousands of displaced people from the Darfur region. [...]

The Sudanese government and the United Nations together had formed a group comprising of both the parties to assess the needs among the people in March 11 to 19. The needs in war-torn Darfur have been assessed and the results are not all that rosy. The United Nations humanitarian officials said that banning the aid groups can only trigger more poverty. [...]

Armed men ambushed members of the peacekeeping forces of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur, wounding four soldiers. Unknown armed men opened fire on a UNAMID patrol returning to el-Geneina, the location of the largest population in West Darfur, bordering Chad. The wounded soldiers have been transferred to the base of UNAMID in El Fasher [...]

Omar al-Bashir apparently enjoys tremendous popular support from his countrymen. Of course, these do not logically include the three Darfuri tribes that he performed ethnic cleansing on and wants to obliterate off the face of the earth. al-Bashir’s ethnic cleansing campaign targeted the Fur, Massaleet, and Zagawa tribes in the Darfur region. After [...]

The accusation of genocide is pending but only for the time being, until enough evidence shows up during the course of trial. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has ordered the arrest of Sudanese president General Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including torture and destruction. The court believes that there [...]