Warring Arab tribes in Sudan’s Darfur region said on Wednesday that they had reached a tentative ceasefire, after fighting which one of them said had killed more than 200 people. …read more
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An Arab tribe in Sudan’s Darfur said on Tuesday it killed 100 members of a rival tribe, adding to a mounting death toll from an upsurge in violence this year. …read more
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Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan’s Darfur region spread on Monday, after clashes last week left scores dead, a leader of one of the tribes said. …read more
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Tanzania’s president on Monday called for the beefing up of the protection capacity of peacekeepers in the hybrid UN/African Union force in Sudan’s Darfur region, after seven peacekeepers were killed there in an ambush. …read more
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir travelled on Sunday to a health summit in Nigeria, official media said, after Human Rights Watch urged authorities in Abuja to arrest him for war crimes charges.
Bashir “left today for the Nigerian capital Abuja to participate in the African Union summit about HIV, TB and malaria to be held over two days,” the state SUNA news agency said.
Nigeria is a member of The Hague-based International Criminal Court, which in 2009 and 2010 issued two warrants against Bashir for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Sudan’s Darfur region.
His visit marks “a real test of Nigeria’s commitment to the ICC”, Elise Keppler, associate director of the International Justice Programme at Human Rights Watch, told AFP ahead of Bashir’s trip.
Some ICC members including Chad, Djibouti and Kenya have allowed visits by Bashir, but others like Botswana, South Africa and Uganda have ensured that he stays away.
A number of states “have found a way out of this problem and Nigeria should do the same,” Keppler said, urging Nigeria to arrest him if he sets foot in the country.
Nations that have signed on to the world’s only permanent court for war crimes and crimes against humanity have a legal obligation to arrest any indicted suspect found within their territory.
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Seven peacekeepers have been killed in Sudan’s Darfur region, the African Union-UN Mission said on Saturday, the worst-ever losses in the five-year history of the operation.
UNAMID released few initial details of the incident, which it said happened near the peacekeepers’ base at Manawashi, north of the South Darfur state capital Nyala.
“Seven peacekeepers were killed and 17 were injured,” said UNAMID’s acting spokesman Christopher Cycmanick.
The incident happened about 25 kilometres (16 miles) west of another UNAMID base at Khar Abeche, north of the South Darfur state capital Nyala, Cycmanick said.
The patrol “was going from one team site to another,” he added.
UNAMID did not immediately give the nationalities of the victims, but Tanzanian troops are in charge of that area.
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A spokesman says an ambush has killed seven United Nations peacekeepers in the deadliest ever single attack on the international force in Sudan’s Darfur region.
U.N. forces spokesman Chris Cycmanick that the unidentified attackers targeted a combined team of soldiers and police officers on Saturday with gunfire and possibly rocket-propelled grenades some 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the town of Khor Abeche. Cycmanick said another 17 U.N. workers were wounded.
Cycmanick declined to give the nationalities of those killed and wounded in the attack.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the assault.
Sudan’s western region of Darfur has been afflicted by violence since 2003, when rebels took up arms against the central government in Khartoum.
The U.N. has had a peacekeeping force there since the beginning of 2008.
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Official: 7 UN peacekeepers killed in Sudan’s Darfur in deadliest ever attack on force.
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The International Criminal Court is urging Chad and Libya to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and extradite him to face trial if he visits over the weekend.
The written order issued Friday is the court’s latest attempt to have al-Bashir detained since he was indicted for crimes including genocide in Sudan‘s Darfur region.
The court’s prosecutor asked for the order following reports that al-Bashir could travel to Chad and Libya for meetings.
Chad is one of several nations al-Bashir has visited without being arrested since he was indicted.
The Hague-based court issued arrest warrants for al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010, but has no police force of its own to detain suspects.
