Wanted Sudan Leader Al-Bashir Leaves South Africa

Sudan's President, Omar Al-Bashir, has left the African Union Summit
for Khartoum, flying out of a military base in South Africa's capital,
Pretoria.

Mr Al-Bashir's departure came hours before the Pretoria High Court
will rule on whether he should be handed over to the International
Criminal Court (ICC), who have charged him with war crimes and
genocide.

The Sudanese leader was in Johannesburg for the 25th Assembly of Heads
of State and government of the African Union.

On Sunday, the court ordered Mr Al-Bashir not to leave the country
until the case had been heard.

Al-Bashir is accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity
and genocide during the Darfur Conflict.

The UN says about 300,000 people in Sudan have died and more than two
million have fled their homes since fighting began in 2003.

Government forces and allied Arab militias are accused of targeting
black African civilians in the fight against the rebels.
—ChannelsTV