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Sudanese Foreign Ministry Says Al-Bashir ‘On His Way Back Home’

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President Umar al-Bashir is on his way back to Sudan, his Foreign Ministry spokesman said, even as South Africa’s High Court assesses an application for his arrest.

President Umar al-Bashir is on his way back to Sudan, his Foreign Ministry spokesman said, even as South Africa’s High Court assesses an application for his arrest.

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Al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes, is leaving South Africa, Sudanese spokesman Ali al-Sadig said by mobile-phone text message. He said he couldn’t give any further information.

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre brought an application to force the government to arrest al-Bashir, who was attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg. President Jacob Zuma’s administration published a notice before the meeting granting all attendees immunity. The court began hearing the case in the capital, Pretoria, earlier on Monday before adjourning for an hour.