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| Sudan's Bashir runs for president despite warrant |
| 2009-10-04 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Sudan's ruling party nominated President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for re-election on Saturday despite an International Criminal Court warrant to arrest him for war crimes. The Hague-based court says the government of Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 military coup with Islamist backing, committed crimes against humanity while fighting mostly non-Arab rebels in Darfur. The multi-party elections set for April 2010 will be the first in Africa's largest country in 24 years. "The National Congress Party's General Conference has decided to support the nomination of Omar Hassan al-Bashir as (our) candidate for the presidential elections in 2010," the closing communiqué of the party conference, seen by Reuters, said. |
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