AFRICAN UNION Arab world Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/african-union-arab-world/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 AFRICAN UNION Arab world Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/african-union-arab-world/ 32 32 ICC to probe SA failure to arrest Omar al Bashir https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/icc-probe-sa-failure-arrest-omar-al-bashir/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/icc-probe-sa-failure-arrest-omar-al-bashir/ The International Criminal Court says it will hold a public hearing next April to probe whether South Africa failed in its duty by refusing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when  he visited  Johannesburg last year. As a signatory of the Rome Statute, South Africa’s obliged to hold Bashir who’s wanted by the court for […]

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]]> The International Criminal Court says it will hold a public hearing next April to probe whether South Africa failed in its duty by refusing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when  he visited  Johannesburg last year.

As a signatory of the Rome Statute, South Africa’s obliged to hold Bashir who’s wanted by the court for war crimes and genocide in Darfur

The announcement from the Hague follows last year’s dispute when President Omar al Bashir attended an African Union summit.

The Sudanese leader was able to leave despite a South African High Court ruling that he be held pending its judgment.

The Appeal Court’s  accused government of disgraceful conduct and ruled that failure to arrest Bashir was unlawful.

Government maintains Bashir had immunity as an AU head of  state.

It has subsequently given notice that it is leaving this ICC.

But this does not exonerate it from its obligations while still a signatory.

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]]> Sudan voting wraps up https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/sudan-voting-wraps-up/ Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/sudan-voting-wraps-up/ Sudan’s presidential, parliamentary and state elections wrap up today after three days of voting. Sudanese living abroad will have three days from Friday to cast their ballots at embassies in seven centres in Europe and the Arab world. ends intro Voting has been extended for two days in 160 polling stations that were slow to […]

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]]> Sudan’s presidential, parliamentary and state elections wrap up today after three days of voting.
Sudanese living abroad will have three days from Friday to cast their ballots at embassies in seven centres in Europe and the Arab world.
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Voting has been extended for two days in 160 polling stations that were slow to open for logistical and organisational reasons.
Voters in areas of Darfur and South Kordofan deemed too dangerous for electoral officials will be allowed to cast their ballots when more security forces are concentrated there.
Because opposition parties have boycotted the election, its success is being measured by the size of the turnout.
President Omar al Bashir and his ruling National Congress Party are a racing certainty to win the contest.
In the capital yesterday I saw no queues outside polling stations.
A hundred kilometers down the road, in Jazeera state, officials at Wadelmadji said 860 of the 1200 people registered at their voting centre centre had cast their ballots.

 

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