Radio Dabanga
Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will arrive in Khartoum Saturday evening, in her first visit to Sudan since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) referred the situation in Darfur to the court in March 2005.
According to informed sources who spoke to Radio Dabanga, the public prosecutor will meet with the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General tomorrow. She will also meet with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Sovereign Council and the relevant authorities.
Bensouda is coming to Sudan at the invitation of the government, according to the sources.
The investigations of the ICC that started in June 2005 led to the indictment of former Interior Minister Ahmed Haroun, and janjaweed leader Ali ‘Kushayb’ in 2007. In 2009, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir was indicted for crimes against humanity and war crimes, and rebel leader Abdallah Banda, for war crimes. A year later, Al Bashir was also officially accused of genocide in Darfur. Former Defence Minister Abdelrahim Hussein, was charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes in 2012.
Kushayb voluntarily surrendered to the court this year and is now in custody in The Hague. Haroun, Al Bashir, and Hussein are imprisoned in Sudan, facing various charges. Banda is considered a fugitive
