Omar Bashir’s:Court Ruling On Genocide
Appeal judges at the International Criminal Court are to decide whether Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should be charged with genocide.
In issuing its first arrest warrant against a sitting head of state, the ICC said Mr Bashir could be held responsible for war crimes in Darfur.
But the Hague court earlier rejected the prosecution’s request to include charges of genocide. Read more »
S.Sudan:Hunger Result Of internal Conflicts
The number of people needing food aid in south Sudan has quadrupled in a year to more than four million, the UN’s World Food Programme says.
The WFP wants to ensure the people have enough food to last until their next harvest in October.
Southern Sudan’s agriculture minister Samson Kwaje blamed the surge on internal conflict and drought.
The region is recovering from a two-decade civil war and remains one of the least developed parts of the world. Read more »
