by Abdelmoniem Abu Edries Ali 24 minutes ago EL GENEINA, Sudan (AFP) - A smiling Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir pressed ahead with a heavily guarded tour of Darfur on Thursday, with a rally called to defy accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region. Wearing a safari suit and sunglasses, and smiling widely, he sat in a giant arm chair in the shade at a rally attended by hundreds of loyalists who fanned themselves under the burning sun in the West Darfur state capital El Geneina. He is the first head of state accused by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Sudan's western region of Darfur, gripped by more than five years of war. He faces a possible international arrest warrant for allegedly ordering his forces to annihilate three...
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