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ICC drops charges against a Darfurian rebel

afrol News - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dropped charges against the first Darfurian war crimes suspect, Bahar Idriss Abu Garda.

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Additional genocide charge for al-Bashir

afrol News - Almost a year later since the issuing of a warrant of arrest for Sudanese president, the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been ordered ordered to reconsider adding the charge of genocide to the arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir issued.

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» AU welcomes Sudan and Chad peace agreement

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Josephine Bakhita - an African Saint

afrol News - "If I was to meet those slave raiders that abducted me and those who tortured me, I'd kneel down to them to kiss their hands, because, if it had not have been for them, I would not have become a Christian and religious woman." A few years ago, Bakhita was the first person ever from Sudan to be canonized (made a Saint). She also is the first African to be canonized since the early centuries of Christianity and has become a symbol of faith and unity for Catholics in war-ravaged Sudan.

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