The ICC, created in 2002 to hunt down perpetrators of crimes against humanity, indicted al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010 for his role in atrocities in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
Al-Bashir “sneaked away like a thief” – with Jacob Zuma’s assistance
(Bloomberg) – South Africa rebuffed the International Criminal Court and its own judiciary as it let Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir dodge arrest on war crimes and genocide charges rather than risk alienating its African peers.
