UGANDA and Sudan have agreed that Sudanese President Omar el Bashir will not attend the conference in Kampala next week to avoid what Kampala termed a possible "diplomatic incident."

UGANDA has an obligation to arrest Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir when, or if, he comes later this month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said.

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has held a telephone conversation with his Sudanese counterpart, Omar el-Bashir, over the ICC warrant of arrest.

The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, arrived in Uganda on Saturday to consult President Museveni on the arrest warrants of Lords Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony ...