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POPSto try or not to try for peace Separately, judges at the court are expected to decide soon whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide in Darfur. Bosco Ntaganda may have bought himself time by switching sides. He worked under Mr Lubanga - the man who is in the dock at the ICC - in Ituri. Now, he has switched sides and become the chief of staff of the Tutsi CNDP rebel group, active in a separate conflict further south which is still continuing. By agreeing in recent weeks to lend his troops to a huge military operation to bring peace to the troubled region, he seems to have bought himself more time. It is hard to dismiss the notion of a political deal.
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POPSUganda protests Rwandan arrest President Kagame on Tuesday angrily protested the arrest, calling it a violation of sovereignty. “We will see how we can challenge such actions, which are simply a question of being arrogant and people being a law unto themselves,” Kagame said after visiting Kabuye in prison yesterday.
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POPSFrance issues Rwanda warrants – BBC News It seems strange that an arrest warrant is being issued twelve years after the fact. Personally, I think the whole damn world (except Canada) is responsible for Rwandan genocide, by virtue of the fact that no one (but Canada) responded, and many countries, including France and England, continued supplying arms to militants after the genocide began.
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