Omar albashir
Sudan verdict in Bashir graft trial on 14 December
Bashir, who was overthrown by the army in April, has been on trial in a Khartoum court since August on charges of illegally acquiring and using foreign funds -...
Now the barbershop he works in is seeing an influx of young men coming for modern hairstyles that would have incurred the same punishment under the now-ousted and jailed Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir.
The council has sacked chief prosecutor Omar Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsalam and deputy public prosecutor Hesham Othman Ibrahim Saleh, as well as head of public prosecutions Amer Ibrahim Majid.
Sudan has been facing political turmoil following the ousting of president Omar al-Bashir, after three decades of power. In the few days since the fall of al-Bashir, the country has faced continued protests and a change in the head of military.
In a sombre televised address on Thursday, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced 'the toppling of the regime' and said Bashir had been detained in "a secure place", bringing an end to his three decades in power.
Omar el-Digeir, the chief of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, was arrested days after protests erupted on December 19 after a government decision to triple the price of bread.
Bashir set up a caretaker administration comprising a senior official from each ministry but kept the defence, foreign and justice ministers in place.
The ruling will be closely watched for its possible implications for Bashir and other sitting heads of state as well as for the court itself.
Govt announced yesterday that it would seek leave to appeal the SCA’s ruling last month.
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein confirmed that al-Bashir should have been arrested.
The matter was heard in the Supreme Court in Bloemfontein yesterday.
The organisations were admitted as friends of the court in govt’s appeal against the arrest of Omar al-Bashir.
SA has until the end of December to explain why the Sudanese president was allowed to leave the country.
The Sudanese leader was scheduled to attend the Africa-China Summit in the country in two months’ time.
The court had given government until 5 October to defend its failure to detain the Sundanese president.
The ANC’s International Relations Commission head made the announcement at the press briefing today.
Government has asked the court for more time to explain why it didn’t arrest the Sudanese leader.
Govt says the ICC is guilty of an infringement of SA’s rights in relation to the Omar al-Bashir debacle.
SA Litigation Centre’s Angela Mudukuti says the court ruling shows that SA had an obligation to arrest the Sudanese president and failed to act in accordance with international law.