On the prowl

Arab and African leaders view with alarm Western attempts to fashion their African Karadzic, says Gamal Nkrumah Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir raises his trademark cane as he gives a speech to supporters during a stopover in Al-Fasher Inevitability and a notoriously tempestuous temperament have been the hallmarks of the regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir. From the Sudanese perspective, the West has long had the Al-Bashir regime in its sights. The 1998 bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in which scores of innocent civilians lost their lives was a characteristic assault. The international media is having a field day now that International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor-General Luis Moreno-Ocampo has filed 10 criminal charges against Al-Bashir. So much that has transpired during Al-Bashir's last year in... [read full story]