SUDAN: Sudanese rebel charged with war crimes by the ICC is killed.
A Sudanese rebel charged with war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been killed, his defence team has said. Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus died during fighting in North Darfur, the statement said. He was due to go on trial in May 2014 over a deadly attack on African peacekeepers in Darfur in 2007. Additionally, the Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda, called for the arrest of suspects wanted by the Court, including Sudanese President Omar al -Bashir. The ICC issued its first arrest warrant for genocide in 2010 against al-Bashir. He is accused of war crimes against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups in Darfur. The ICC has a mandate to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed anywhere in the world. The Office of the Prosecutor is currently investigating and prosecuting such crimes in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, the Darfur region of Sudan, Kenya, Libya, Ivory Coast and Mali. It is also conducting preliminary examinations in Colombia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Honduras, Guinea and South Korea. (Hirondelle News, 02/04/13; Jurist, 03/04/13 and BBC, 24/04/13)