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Africa refuses to act on Sudan war crimes warrant |
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Updated at:
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PST, Saturday, July 04, 2009 |
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SIRTE: The African Union refused to act on an international war crimes warrant for Sudan's president, at a summit that also yielded a deal on the powers of a new regional Authority.
The refusal to arrest Sudan President Omar al-Beshir granted a continent-wide reprieve to a leader accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
"They are showing to the world community that if you don't want to listen to the continent, if you don't want to take into account our proposals if you don't want to listen to the continent, as usual, we also are going to act unilaterally," the top AU official Jean Ping said.
Thirty African nations are party to the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, but even advocates of the ICC said they sensed a bias by the tribunal's prosecutor against Africa.
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