Omar Hassan al-Bashir has been charged with genocide by an International Criminal Court prosecutor. The decision has been met with mixed emotions from UN officials, who say that the charges may up the violence in Darfur, rather than eliminating it. It is the first time a sitting head of state has been charged at the Hague. al-Bashir has not yet been arrested, and will not be until the pretrial pannel has decided, which could take months.
More info from MSNBC and the BBC.
And this blog has analysis about the possible effects of the charges and more information about the ICC.
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