Sudan: ICC Fugitive Gets His Day in Court

Thirty years after he swept into power in a military coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, Omar al-Bashir has appeared in court in a country that is beginning to heal itself.

Legalbrief reports that al-Bashir who became the first sitting President indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly directing a campaign of mass killing, rape and pillage against civilians in Darfur now faces a high-profile corruption trial that could see him jailed for many years.

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