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Omar al Bashir stories: 22 news summaries

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(Newser) - Though Obama advocated a confrontational approach to Sudan on the campaign trail, his administration will announce a somewhat soft policy toward the country on Monday. Ending months of internal wrangling, the policy is designed use to "pressure and incentives" to bend the government to address US concerns over the... More »

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Barack Obama • Darfur • Sudan • foreign policy • Omar al Bashir • Scott Gration • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - A local woman working for the United Nations in Sudan has been charged with wearing “clothing causing harassment to the public sentiments” and could be flogged 40 times tomorrow for the crime, the Washington Post reports. Lubna Ahmed Hussein and 12 other women were rounded up earlier this... More »

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United Nations • Sudan • Islamic law • clothing • Omar al Bashir • Shariah • flogging • Lubna Ahmed Hussein

opinion

 Angelina: UN Must 
 Take a Stand on Darfur 

Jolie writes for Time magazine

Jun 5, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie argues in a Time essay that it's put-up-or-shut-up time for the UN on Darfur. The Security Council will receive a report today on the nation's genocide under the watch of Omar al Bashir, and its response will determine whether the idea of an "international standard of justice"... More »

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entertainment • Darfur • genocide • Angelina Jolie • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • UN Security Council • International Criminal Court

 Sudan Prez: 
 No Crimes 
 in Darfur 

Says media claims are part of propaganda campaign

May 12, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan’s president says his military hasn’t attacked civilians in Darfur and challenges “anybody” to show evidence to the contrary. “What has been reported to have happened in Darfur did not actually happen at all,” Omar al Bashir told the BBC in his first interview since... More »

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Africa • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • war crimes • president • Omar al Bashir • interview

Sudan Invites Aid Groups
Back to Darfur

After getting the boot in March, NGOs to return to troubled region

May 8, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sudanese government says it will invite new aid groups to work in Darfur and let the UN and other agencies expand their operations in the region. The announcement comes two months after Sudan expelled 13 NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders, in the aftermath of the International Criminal Court's indictment... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • Doctors Without Borders • humanitarian organizations • humanitarian aid • International Criminal Court

 Farrow Will 
 Fast for 
 Darfur 

Actress wants world leaders to turn attention to Sudan's plight after aid groups expelled

Apr 22, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow will start a hunger strike on Monday to draw attention to the living conditions of Darfur's millions of refugees, the BBC reports. The actress wants to show solidarity with those whose suffering has increased since the Sudanese government banned aid groups. The actress is asking "human rights... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Mia Farrow • Omar al Bashir • hunger strike • global aid groups • fasting

(Newser) - The humanitarian situation in Darfur will worsen significantly in just a few weeks if aid organizations do not move quickly, says the new American envoy. Scott Gration said groups expelled by President Omar Bashir last month for allegedly colluding with the International Criminal Court to indict him on war crimes... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • refugee camp • Omar al Bashir • humanitarian organizations • Scott Gration • Obama administration • special envoy

'Fugitive' Sudan Prez
Defies World Court

Al-Bashir's Saudi trip seen as effort to undermine support for international justice

Apr 2, 09 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan's president thumbed his nose at the International Criminal Court with a high-profile pilgrimage to Mecca yesterday, reports the Times of London. A ruling last month requires the court's 108 members to arrest Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity in Darfur if he enters their nations. Many see his trips... More »

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Darfur • Saudi Arabia • Sudan • war crimes • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court • arrest warrant

 Sudan Accuses US of Strike  


Mar 26, 09 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan is now blaming "American fighters" for an airstrike on a convoy of trucks in the desert, the New York Times reports. The US denies the charges. Sudan's accusation follows earlier reports that Israel conducted the January airstrike to prevent a weapons delivery to Gaza. A Sudanese official's statement... More »

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Israel • Sudan • US military • Omar al Bashir

 Sudan's Expulsion of Aid Groups Imperils Region

President kicked Oxfam, others out after ICC war crimes charges

Mar 11, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The expulsion of international aid groups from Sudan not only raises the risk of starvation for millions of people in Darfur's refugee camps, but is also sparking fears of increased violence by rebel groups opposed to President Omar al-Bashir, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "People with weapons are everywhere,... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Darfuris • Omar al Bashir • humanitarian aid • NGOs

 Sudan President Defies Darfur 
 Warrant, Ejects Aid Groups 

Aid groups ejected from Darfur as Bashir denounces 'colonialists'

Mar 5, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A day after the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest for atrocities in Darfur, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir vowed to defy the court and called its decision a colonial conspiracy. The New York Times reports that Sudan's government also ordered 10 international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, to leave... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Sudan • The Hague • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court • arrest warrant

(Newser) - The International Criminal Court today issued a warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charging him with murder, extermination, and rape, among other war crimes and crimes against humanity, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors say orders to kill or displace tribal people in Sudan’s Darfur region, which resulted in... More »

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Africa • Darfur • Sudan • war crimes • crimes against humanity • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court • arrest warrant

World Court Issues Warrant for Sudan President

Bashir may be tried for genocide, war crimes

Feb 11, 09 5:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president, a move that Arab and African nations warn could sink peace negotiations in Darfur. Omar al-Bashir is the first state leader that the 7-year-old court has tried to arrest, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors hope to try... More »

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United Nations • genocide • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • criminal trial • International Criminal Court

 Sudan Pushes Darfur Ceasefire 

Cooperation from rebels uncertain; past such efforts proved fruitless

Nov 12, 08 4:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced a unilateral ceasefire in Darfur today, saying the government would begin disarming militias. But no rebels were included in the ceasefire discussions, and similar declarations have failed repeatedly. Bashir is trying to persuade international prosecutors to hold off on attempts to indict him for genocide,... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • ceasefire • International Criminal Court

Sudan Rallies Behind Leader, Despite Darfur

Indicted president
seen as only hope of preventing anarchy

Jul 28, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Omar al-Bashir is reviled across the world for presiding over the mass murder of his own people in Darfur, and now the Sudanese president has been accused of genocide by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. But within Sudan his rule has become more secure than ever, as opponent... More »

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Africa • Darfur • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

 Sudanese Leader
 Shows 'Soft' Side in Darfur 

Bashir, charged with genocide, holds rally at scene of crimes

Jul 24, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president allegedly behind one of the world's worst campaigns of genocide and rape, traveled to Darfur yesterday to begin an uncharacteristic charm offensive. "We are with you, Darfur!", the president said, as he danced at a rally packed with thousands who appeared to have... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • Omar al Bashir

OPINION

In Sudan War Crimes Case, Peace Must Take Priority

Prosecuting Bashir would imperil  long-term situation

Jul 21, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The genocide and war crimes charges against the Sudanese president are a solid moral victory, but to actually prosecute Omar al-Bashir would derail realistic chances of peace in the war-torn nation, argues author David Rieff in the LA Times. Indeed, the African Union today called for the Security Council to... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Omar al Bashir

 Sudan Swats Away 
 Genocide Charge 

Official says country will work to block international court's indictment of president

Jul 15, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan aims to obstruct an international tribunal's efforts to hold its leader responsible for genocide, the BBC reports. The International Criminal Court's charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against president Omar al-Bashir are designed to engender tension between tribal groups in Darfur, a senior official said today,... More »

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genocide • Sudan • war crimes • Crisis in Darfur • African Union • Arab League • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

Sudan President Accused of
War Crimes

Court could arrest al-Bashir over Darfur genocide

Jul 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was officially accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity today in International Criminal Court, the BBC reports. The court must now decide whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest. If it does, Sudan’s government says it will disrupt the peace process... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • war crimes • crimes against humanity • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

Sudan's President to Face Genocide Charge

Some fear move out of the Hague could fuel instability in region

Jul 11, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Criminals Court will charge Sudan leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide Monday in the wake of a five-year campaign of violence that has left hundreds of thousands dead, the Washington Post reports. It will be the first time the court has charged a sitting head of state. But... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • peacekeeping force • Omar al Bashir • emergency aid • International Criminal Court

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