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Sudan SPLM discussed asking Bashir to step down: report


Sudan President, Omar al-Bashir, left, and first vice president, and President of southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, right, stand in Juba during the second anniversary celebration of the signing of Peace agreement, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 (AFP)

January 4, 2009 (PARIS) – The southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) contemplated urging president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to step down in the event of the issuance of an arrest warrant, a newspaper reported today. The London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quoting unidentified SPLM officials said a meeting was held to discuss options should Al-Bashir be formally charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In mid-July the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo filed 10 charges against Al-Bashir: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder and accused (...)

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