Sudan: Country Lobbies Kigali to Stall Bashir Indictment
                   
allafrica.com     Aug 6, 2008            

Posted to the web 6 August 2008 Edwin Musoni Kigali The government of Sudan is currently lobbying all famous and outspoken African leaders to assist in voicing the need to stall the indictments by the International Court of Justice (ICC) against its President, Omar al Bashir. The Prosecutor of the ICC filed charges against Bashir on July 14 for crimes against humanity. Sudan immediately began fighting the move and started lobbying, and it was for this reason that Bashir's Special Envoy, Bona Malwal, came to Rwanda. Malwal arrived in the country last Friday to deliver a special message to President Paul Kagame from his Sudanese counterpart. Sudan appealed to Rwanda to assist the country in its quest to halt the recent threats to indict Bashir. He delivered the message through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rosemary... [read full story]                    


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