The Southern Africa Litigation Centre brought the application while President Al Bashir is in the country attending the AU’s week-long 25th Summit of Heads of State, in Johannesburg.

“This is an opportunistic act only meant to pit African leaders against each other in the name of international law, but also hijack the vision to have Agenda 2063 operationalised. The African Union (AU) has serious business to consider including economies of Africa, regional trade integration, infrastructure development, xenophobia, illicit financial flows, and uncontrolled migration.

“The task at hand that ought to occupy Africans is to make Africa a better continent whose place on the global stage is respected.

Available: http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/committee-concerned-about-court-application-against-sudan-pres