ZAMBIA TO ACT ON AL-BASHIR, CLAIMS MALAWI PUBLICATION

While Malawi is dithering on the matter of Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al Bashir, the MALAWI TODAY has reported that Zambia has opted to act over Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir.

The on-line publication has quoted a senior official in the Zambian government that Mr Al-Bashir will be arrest once he sets foot in Zambia.

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has asked the African Union not to invite Mr Al-Bashir to a heads of state summit for the continental organisation.

However, the request has not been heeded as Mr Al-Bashir still remains on the list of heads of state expected to attend the AU summit in Lilongwe in July this year.

Meanwhile, Elise Keppler, international justice senior counsel, at Human Rights Watch, says, as an International Criminal Court member, Malawi should arrest him and not host him.

Mr Al-Bashir is an international fugitive wanted on charges of genocide and other heinous crimes committed in Darfur.