Wanted Sudan leader Bashir flies out of South Africa
Monday, June 15, 2015
The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court, which has charged him with the crimes.
Mr Bashir was in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...