Eritrea dismissive of Beshir arrest warrant (AFP)

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Eritrea dismissed Tuesday as an "insult" a bid to put Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir on trial for war crimes in Darfur and said the move must be rejected. "The drama that has unfolded in the past few days in the name of the 'International Criminal Court' has baffled many observers," a foreign ministry statement said. "This phenomenon, which can only be interpreted as an 'insult', is a manifestation of the harassment that has been accumulating. As such it must be rejected and challenged. "The people and political forces of the Sudan should go beyond this to prevent interference in and 'internationalization' of their domestic affairs. This can only be done if mistakes done in the past are rectified to pave the way for a genuine Sudanese internal solution," it said. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo accuses... [read full story]