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From the page: ""The AU member states shall not co-operate... relating to immunities for the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC." The statement was backed by many African leaders who, analysts say, see the ICC as an attempt by the West to... more
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From the page: ""The AU member states shall not co-operate... relating to immunities for the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the ICC." The statement was backed by many African leaders who, analysts say, see the ICC as an attempt by the West to interfere in their affairs. Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Alsamani al-Wasila welcomed the move, describing the resolution as "very clear". But, says BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut, despite the Sudanese satisfaction a number of countries, including Chad and Benin, are reported to have expressed disquiet about the text. It is also limited in scope, our analyst adds. It does not ask the 30 African states that have signed up to the ICC to end their relationship with it. Indeed, on the day this resolution was being passed, Kenya agreed explicitly to continue co-operating with the ICC, to prosecute those suspected of taking part in the violence that followed the December 2007 election. The African Union decision is a blow to the court, but by no means a fatal one, our analyst says. "
