ICC Chief Prosecutor Arrives in Sudan to Assess Progress in Darfur Genocide Case

Aug. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, began a visit to Sudan this Sunday to study with the authorities of the African country the evolution of the case opened against the former Sudanese president Omar al Bashir and other senior members of his former administration for the Darfur genocide.

The ICC has requested the extradition of Al Bashir and his former Defense Minister, Abdel Rahim Muhamad Hussein, for their involvement in the extermination of more than 300,000 people in the Darfur region since 2003.

Al Bashir ended up overthrown after a popular revolt in 2019 and faces several accusations at the national level for his involvement in the murder of protesters, although the military junta that currently holds power in the country has complied with the ICC order, although without giving a date for its transfer.

Sudan and the ICC signed a memorandum of understanding in February last year to cooperate in the trial against Ali Muhamad Ali Abdelrahman, alias ‘Alí Kushayb’, a prominent commander of the fearsome ‘Janjawiid’ militias who supported Al Bashir during his campaign of atrocities in the Darfur conflict, between 2003 and 2004.

Khan will remain in the country until August 25 after holding meetings with prominent Sudanese authorities. He and his delegation are also expected to visit the Darfur region in person, the Sudanese newspaper ‘Sudan Ajbar’ reports.