Washington — After an international court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for calm and reiterated America's commitment to peace, justice and security for Africa's largest country.
"Governments and individuals who either conduct or condone atrocities of any kind, as we have seen year after year in Sudan, have to be held accountable," Clinton told reporters March 4. "We are going to hope that there is not any increased violence on the part of the government in Khartoum."
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