Africa: What Others Say - Continent's Rulers Shouldn't Waste Victims; They Should Eat Them

Posted to the web 16 July 2008 Charles Onyango-Obbo SUDAN'S PRESIDENT OMAR el-Bashir has been indicted on genocide and war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In Southern Sudan, which endured the brunt of a 21-year war against the oppressive rule by of the Khartoum-based northerners, The Nation's correspondent reports that the beer all but ran out after news broke that the ICC had issued warrants for el-Bashir's arrest. In the north, there were angry protests against the ICC. Africa, as usual, was divided, with some voices alleging the warrants had endangered the chances of a negotiated settlement to end the Darfur slaughter. El-Bashir becomes the second African strongman to be indicted while in office, after Liberia's warlord Charles Taylor. Ordinary folks in Sudan have endured hell for too long. In... [read full story]