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The Turkish government had previously welcomed the attendance of President Bashir at the meeting and said that he would not be arrested. But the EU, which Turkey hopes to join, wanted the invitation to be withdrawn. Sudan's state-run Suna news agency...
Tags: Turkey, Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Darfur, prime minister, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, president omar, Mr. Bashir
Interior Ministry Abbas Goma’a and the refugee commissioner Mohamed Ahmed Al-Agbash will represent Sudan at the conference. A new controversy has erupted this week after Ugandan president Yoweri Musievini said he invited Sudanese president Omer Hassan...
Tags: South Sudanese, Barack Obama, Darfuri, African Union, sudan policy, Omar Al Bashir, Omar el-Bashir, president omar, Omar al-Bashir, Khartoum
Favourite to succeed him is his son, Ali Ben Bongo, 50, candidate of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). He has promised to boost what he says is the prosperity that Gabon enjoyed during his father's years in power. Mr Bongo's rivals include former...
Tags: Gabonese Democratic Party, China-Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba, Ali Bongo Odimba, Bongo Jnr, Ali Ben Bongo, Mr Bongo, president omar, presidential elects, South Africa
The west central African nation Gabon is gearing up for the presidential election to be held on Sunday. The country stepped up security in the capital of Libreville on Friday, two days ahead of the election, with more troops deployed along the main...
Tags: Gabon Votes, Gabonese Democratic Party, Omar Bongo Ondimba, presidential election, Andre Mba Obame, president omar
Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir when, or if, he comes later this month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. Uganda has a legal obligation to arrest President Bashir when he comes to Uganda, ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said while...
Tags: Uganda Media Centre, Ugandan, Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, International Criminal Court, Sudan, president omar, ICC, Luis Moreno Ocampo
An African Union (AU) panel led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki on Friday backed an international court's indictment of Sudanese officials, including President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for war crimes. The panel's recommendation showed the...
Tags: Darfur, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, ICC, Omar al-Bashir, president omar, African Union, Omar al-Bashir, Africans
The International Criminal Court prosecutor argued on Tuesday he had enough evidence for a further arrest warrant against Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir for genocide. In a document submitted to the ICC appeals chamber, Luis Moreno-Ocampo urged the court...
Tags: arrest warrant, international criminally, The International Criminal Court, criminally court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, president omar, Sudan
The majority of African leaders present at an AU summit in Sirte, Libya sponsored Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi's initiative for a restructured African Union in which 53 nations across the continent would opt for a centralized command in order to address...
Tags: African Union Commission, african leaders, Libyan, Sudan, African Authority, war crimes, president omar, South Africa, crimes warrant, Omar al-Bashir
French President Nicolas Sarkozy overnight at the state funeral for Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondimba which was attended by more than a dozen other African leaders. The issue of succession in the oil rich nation buzzed behind the scenes and Mr Sarkozy...
Tags: Omar Bongo Ondimba, Gabon Football Federation, Gabonese, Mr. Bongo, president omar, vice premier, late president, Nicolas Sarkozy, Libreville, Chinese
Politicians, diplomats and members of the defence and security forces were on the tarmac to receive the coffin, draped in the national flag, with military honours. Some were crying, while others in the throng were also in tears. When the plane came to...
Tags: Omar Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, Spanish Air Force, Barcelona, late president, Spain, president omar, Mr Bongo, Mr. Bongo, Mr Bongo