Uganda willing to arrest Sudanese president al-Bashir on international war crimes warrant

October 8th, 2009 Uganda wants $5m for arrest of genocide suspectKAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan official says the country wants to claim a $5 million reward offered by the United States for the capture of a Rwandan genocide suspect. Ugandan minister Isaac Musumba said Thursday the east African nation would welcome any payment for Monday's arrest of Idelphonse Nizeyimana in the Ugandan capital.

August 17th, 2009 PARIS - Interpol on the request of Pakistan Government has issued arrest warrants of 25 Pakistanis involved in smuggling, terrorism, murder and other heinous crimes. According to The News, among those Pakistanis, whose arrest warrants have been issued, include Muhammad Amjad, Ijaz Ahmed, Mazhar Iqbal, Mohammad Asjad, Mohammad Akram Mehmood, Nasir Iqbal and Nusrat belonging to Gujrat while Khurram Shahzad Bajwa, Sanaullah Bajwa, Atta Ullah Bajwa, Mohammad Ashraf Bajwa and Zaka Ullah Bajwa hail from Faisalabad.

July 12th, 2009 Sudan: Kidnapped aid workers in good healthKHARTOUM, Sudan — Two foreign aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region are in good health and have been allowed to speak to their relatives, a government official said Sunday. Sudan's state minister for humanitarian affairs, Abdel-Baqi Jailani, said efforts to free the hostages were progressing.

July 7th, 2009 Prosecutors appeal al-Bashir genocide decisionTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have appealed the tribunal's decision not to indict Sudan's president on charges of waging genocide in Darfur, according to a document released Tuesday. The court charged Omar al-Bashir with war crimes and crimes against humanity in March for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of murder, torture, rape and forced expulsions in Darfur province.

July 3rd, 2009 African leaders approve anti-ICC moveSIRTE, Libya — African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. The final decision by the African Union heads of state summit says AU members "shall not cooperate ...

July 2nd, 2009 African leaders tackle continent's challengesSIRTE, Libya — Africa's leaders were locked in a heated debate Thursday over a draft African Union summit decision that would give Sudan's president continent-wide impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. African officials said the surprise new draft was circulated by Libya, which is hosting the 13th African Union summit of heads of state in the coastal town of Sirte, east of the capital, Tripoli.

June 16th, 2009 UN expert: rights situation in Sudan 'critical'GENEVA — The human rights situation in Sudan is "critical," an independent U.N. expert said Tuesday, accusing the nation's government of cracking down on its critics and shielding those responsible for gross violations such as rape, torture and murder.

June 7th, 2009 Indicted al-Bashir arrives in ZimbabweHARARE, Zimbabwe — President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has met with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, state radio reported Sunday. But the former opposition leader now trying to govern with Mugabe as prime minister — and struggling to end Zimbabwe's international isolation — said he had not known al-Bashir was expected.

May 30th, 2009 Ex-Sudanese president who imposed Islamic law diesKHARTOUM, Sudan — A former Sudanese president known for imposing Islamic law in the country died Saturday at the age of 79, the official news agency said. Gaafar Numeiri became Sudan's president in 1969 and held the post for 16 years despite a coup attempt by the communist left in the early 1970s.

May 30th, 2009 NAIROBI - Former Sudanese president Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry died Saturday, media reports said. No cause of death was given.

May 8th, 2009 Gunmen kill Darfur peacekeeper during carjackingCAIRO — Gunmen shot and killed an unarmed peacekeeper outside his home in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, the spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union mission said Friday. The military observer, whose nationality and name were not released, was the 15th peacekeeper killed in Darfur since the mission began in January 2008 and the second since an international court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president for alleged war crimes in the remote western region.

May 8th, 2009 Sudan: American aid groups considered for DarfurKHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese government said Thursday that it would consider applications from American aid organizations to replace more than a dozen groups that were expelled from Darfur earlier this year. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir expelled 13 international aid groups and three local ones in March after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

April 23rd, 2009 Paris talks don't budge Sudan on aid groupsPARIS — French and British negotiators failed at talks this week to persuade Sudan to allow expelled aid groups back into Darfur, officials said Thursday. "These NGOs are not going to be let back into Sudan," Nafie Ali Nafie, adviser to President Omar al-Bashir on Darfur issues, said on France-24 television Thursday.

April 21st, 2009 UN chief says over 1 million at risk in DarfurUNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that Sudan's expulsion of 16 aid groups from Darfur has put the lives of more than 1 million people at risk and increased the potential for instability in the region. In a report to the U.N.

March 16th, 2009 KAMPALA - Uganda began withdrawing its troops from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior Ugandan army official said Sunday. 'The process of bringing them back starts today.