Sudan said on Saturday its president was free to travel across Africa after heads of state of the African Union voted not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment of him. The global court has issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of war crimes for human rights abuses in Sudan's western Darfur region. Under the court's founding statute, member countries are required to arrest suspects within their territories. Bashir has only visited states not bound by the court's rules since the warrant was issued in March. African Union heads of state meeting in Libya on Friday adopted a motion saying they would not cooperate with the ICC and its order to arrest Bashir or surrender him. The African Union wants a deferment of the indictment, saying the warrant compromises peace... [read full story]
