SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan considering handing over al-Bashir to ICC to face war crime charges

11/1/2020: Multiple sources – Sudan considering handing over al-Bashir to ICC to face war crime charges

• Independent, by Bel Trew

• Guardian, by Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih

• Financial Times, by David Pilling

• BBC

• AP, by Samy Magdy

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz and Denis Dumo

Sudan’s government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed that that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court should appear before the tribunal, a list that includes ousted president Omar al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir, and four others, is accused of serious crimes perpetrated during the Darfur conflict between 2003 and 2008, which led to the deaths of 300,000.

He faces five counts of crimes against humanity for murder, forcible transfer, extermination, torture and rape; two counts of war crimes for attacks against civilians; and three counts of genocide for killings and creating conditions meant to bring about the destruction of the targeted group.

The other four wanted by the ICC are: Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein, interior and defence minister during much of the Darfur conflict, Ahmed Haroun, a senior security chief at the time, as well as militia leaders Ali Kushayb and Abduallah Banda.