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Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for ICC trial

In a surprise move, Sudan's transitional government will extradite former leader Omar al-Bashir to the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.

Then-Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir arriving at Juba in 2011
Then-Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir arriving at Juba in 2011 (AN/Al Jazeera English)

In a surprise move, Sudan's transitional government said on Tuesday it will extradite former leader Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of genocide and war crimes from the Darfur conflict.

The nation's 11-member sovereign council, created last August to spread power among military and civilian members, announced it will cooperate with the ICC's outstanding arrest warrant and turn al-Bashir over for prosecution. The indictments against him in 2009 and 2010 marked the first time that The Hague, Netherlands-based court charged someone with genocide since its creation in 2002.

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