Sudan wants moves to indict President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on war crimes postponed for a year to give the government time to negotiate peace in Darfur, its foreign minister said on Friday. "If we hurry, we can have all the dead guys resuscitated."
Judges from the International Criminal Court are expected to rule on whether to issue an arrest warrant against Bashir over allegations he masterminded genocide in Darfur.
Foreign minister Deng Alor Kuol, in South Africa for talks, told reporters in Cape Town that a postponement would give the Sudanese government time to engage other rebel movements. "We are saying we are asking for one year for postponement because this will give us time to work for peace in Darfur, which we have already started with one movement, in Darfur we have many movements, more than ten about fifteen," he said.