South Africa: Country Takes Legal Advice on Al-Bashir as U.S. Voices Concern

Johannesburg — IN A bid to avert a diplomatic crisis, SA has referred an African Union (AU) resolution obliging member states not to co-operate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) - which has indicted Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir - to its experts for legal advice.

The resolution of July 3 came after an AU request to defer al- Bashir's indictment was not acted on by the United Nations Security Council.

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