The whereabouts of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir were still not known on Monday morning, more than 12 hours since the first report that he had left the country despite a court order halting his departure. Justice department spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga told News24 on Monday morning: “As a legal team we[…]
The High Court in Pretoria on Monday will hear an application on whether South African authorities can arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. On Sunday Judge Hans Fabricius ordered that the Department of Home Affairs ensure that all points of entry and exit be informed that al-Bashir is not allowed to leave[…]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he arrives in South Africa for the African Union summit in Johannesburg, two organisations said on Friday. The Democratic Alliance and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) want to secure a warrant of arrest for Bashir. He was reportedly expected to arrive[…]
Judges at the International Criminal Court have called on the U.N. Security Council to “take the necessary measures” to tackle Sudan’s persistent refusal to arrest the country’s president and send him to The Hague to stand trial on charges of orchestrating genocide in Darfur. It was the Security Council that[…]
There was no update on the condition of two SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers wounded in Sudan while on UN/African Union peacekeeping duties, the SANDF said on Sunday. “There is no new information at this point,” Captain Jaco Theunissen said. On Thursday, Theunissen said the two soldiers were wounded[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived back in South Africa on Friday after his visit to four African countries, the presidency said. Ramaphosa, in his capacity as special envoy to help bring about peace and stability in South Sudan, visited that country as well as Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania, spokesman Ronnie[…]
Two SA National Defence Force soldiers deployed as part of a UN/African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan have been wounded in an ambush near their base, the SANDF said on Thursday. “The injured soldiers were airlifted by helicopter to the hospital in El Fashir shortly after the ambush. The two[…]
A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for renouncing Islam sparked a global outcry that eventually led to an acquittal, met Pope Francis after arriving in Italy en route to the United States. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family were received by the Argentine pontiff at his home for a[…]
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