Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From Chatham House   Miša Zgonec-Rožej Dr Miša Zgonec-Rožej Associate Fellow, International Law South Africa’s failure to arrest the Sudanese president is the latest incident in a troubled relationship between the court and African states. Bashir Flight Leaves ICC in Stalemate Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir was allowed to leave South Africa on 15 June in […]

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From the Sudan Tribune By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 18, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Thursday defended the rejection of the South African government to arrest and hand over Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ethiopian prime minister Haile Mariam Desalegn (Photo: Getty Images) Earlier this […]

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The United Nations on Tuesday denied a media report that Sudanese troops held South African peacekeepers in Darfur hostage so Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir could leave South Africa and avoid being arrested to face genocide charges.   Reuters Bashir, who was due to attend an African Union summit in Johannesburg, left South Africa on Monday […]

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June 17 2015 at 12:13pm By STAFF REPORTERS EPAA beaming Omar al-Bashir, president of Sudan, greets cheering supporters on his return to Khartoum. Photo: MARWAN ALI Johannesburg - The government and the UN have both denied claims that South African troops were held hostage in Sudan pending President Omar al-Bashir’s release. The government has until […]

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From Rwanda’s New Times SUNNY NTAYOMBYA Sudanese president Gen Omar al-Bashir suffered a very ‘un-presidential’ couple of days at the just concluded 25th Ordinary Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa’s financial capital. After a group of activists asked a court in Pretoria to follow through with an ICC (International Criminal Court) indictment, […]

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From Reuters Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir looks on ahead of the 25th African Union summit in Johannesburg June 14, 2015. Reuters Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir flew out of South Africa on Monday in defiance of a Pretoria court that later said he should have been arrested to face genocide charges at the International Criminal Court. […]

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From The Institute for Security Studies Is South Africa’s deputy president, the ubiquitous peacemaker and troubleshooter Cyril Ramaphosa, riding to the rescue of South Sudan’s faltering peace process? Or is he rushing in where angels fear to tread: into a volatile and toxic environment where the internal and regional dynamics are way beyond the comprehension […]

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APA-Kampala (Uganda) The Tanzanian President and chairperson of the East African Community heads of state, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has convened an emergency summit on the situation in Burundi to take place on Sunday, 31 May 2015 in Dar es Salaam, APA learns here Friday. According to a statement from the EAC secretariat in Arusha, the emergency […]

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From African Arguments 21 May 2015 The South African government has invited Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to attend the African Union (AU) summit in Sandton early next month. This is despite Bashir being a fugitive from the International Criminal Court (ICC). South African official sources have confirmed that an invitation has gone out to him, […]

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PUBLISHED: April 21, 2015 JOSEPH RWAGATARE In South Africa violence against immigrants from other African countries has become a disturbingly regular occurrence. Last week South Africans were at it again. They attacked immigrants, killed many of them, ransacked and burnt their houses and businesses. Terrified survivors huddled wherever they could find safety. Five years ago, we […]

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