Rwanda: Bashir Is Our Guest and Can't Be Arrested Here, Mushikiwabo Says

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was duly invited to the ongoing African Union (AU) Summit in Kigali as the head of a member state to the union and cannot be arrested over a standing warrant by a highly contested international court.

The reassurance was given, yesterday, by Foreign Affairs minister Louise Mushikiwabo during a news conference in Kigali.

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