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Sudan delegation lobby's Ghana
against indictment of President Bashir
Accra, July 30, Ghanadot/GNA- Mr Bona Malwal, Sudan's
Special Envoy, on Wednesday presented a special message to
Vice President Alhaji Mahama, which he disclosed contains
the position of his country over the indictment of his
President.
He used the occasion to slam the indictment of President
Omar al Bashir as an insult to Africa and lauded the
Security Council of the African Union (AU), for voicing
opposition against the decision.
Mr Malwal, also a Special Advisor to the President,
questioned why the International Court of Justice (ICC)
should indict the Head of State for war crimes against the
people of Darfur and said he was in Ghana to register the
protest of his country over the issue.
He stressed: "Indicting a sitting President is
unacceptable."
Mr Malwal said he had already met with the Nigerian
authorities as part of efforts to deepen the solidarity of
Africa with Sudan over the impasse.
He would fly to Democratic Republic of Congo and a number of
countries as part of intense diplomatic shuttle to reverse
the decision.
Vice President Mahama said Ghana stood by the open
disagreement of the AU with the ICC over the indictment of
President Bashir.
He said the country was however concerned about the
deteriorating security situation in Darfur and called for
international support to provide the AU Peace Mission with
logistics in order to live up to expectation.
Earlier this month, ICC Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked
judges in The Hague to issue an arrest warrant against
President Bashir over his alleged role in the genocide at
Sudan's Western Darfur Region.
The five-year old Darfur conflict has left some 300,000
people dead while 2.5 million people have been forced to
flee their homes.
The Joint African Union Nations Mission was set up by the
United Nations Security Council to protect some four million
people caught up in the war between Sudanese Government
forces and armed rebels.
Six months after the mission began, only about a third of
the 26,000 personnel promised had been deployed, while
helicopters, armoured vehicles and other basic equipment are
lacking.
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