South Africa court bars indicted Sudan leader from leaving

South Africa court bars indicted Sudan leader from leaving

A South African judge has barred Sudan’s indicted president from leaving the country in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal Court (ICC).President Omar al-Bashir, visiting South Africa for an African Union summit, stands accused in an ICC arrest warrant of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities committed in the Darfur conflict. He was first indicted in 2009.

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