Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced that the country is ready to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) so those accused of war crimes in Darfur appear before the tribunal, a list that includes deposed President Omar al-Bashir. Al-Bashir, who has been in jail in Khartoum since he was toppled after mass protests last year, is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes, genocide and crimes against […]
Sudanese authorities have discovered a mass grave in the town of Omdurman, thought to be where former President Omar Al-Bashir buried 28 officers who participated in an attempted coup against him in 1990. The Sudanese attorney-general’s office announced in a statement on Thursday that it had found a mass grave, noting that the location of the grave was discovered following “exhaustive three-week efforts”. Months after Bashir’s seizure of power in […]
With tears and sad songs, Sudanese pro-democracy protesters who helped bring down former president Omar al-Bashir returned to the streets on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of a massacre in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum that left more than 100 protesters dead. At least 23 people also went missing on 3 June 2019 and in the days after the dispersal of the sit-in in the Sudanese capital. […]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday pressed on with a government campaign to collect arms from tribes in war-torn Darfur, where a devastating conflict has killed thousands and displaced millions. Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur, is touring the region ahead of a US decision scheduled for 12 October on whether to permanently lift a decades-old […]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted on genocide charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC), arrived in Morocco late on Thursday for a "private" visit. Bashir arrived at Tangiers airport, accompanied by ministers and other senior Sudanese officials, according to the Le360 news site, considered close to circles in Morocco's royal court. The trip, announced a week ago in Sudanese outlets, has angered human rights defenders in Morocco, who called on […]
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will rule on Thursday on whether South Africa violated ICC rules by failing to arrest Sudan's president during a 2015 visit to Johannesburg, in a case that will test international support for the court. There is an outstanding ICC warrant for Pressident Omar Hassan al-Bashir's arrest on genocide charges, which he denies. Thursday's ruling will be closely watched for its possible implications for […]
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted on charges of genocide, at an unprecedented hearing before international war crimes judges. It will be a humbling moment for Pretoria, one of the leading voices in the creation of the International Criminal Court, whose lawyers will be fending off accusations that it failed in its obligations to the tribunal. […]
President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said on Sunday, in spite of a top rights group urging Jordan to deny him entry. Bashir is wanted by The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide and war crimes he is alleged to have committed related to the conflict in war-torn Darfur. "President Omar al-Bashir will participate in the Arab summit in […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
