THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Wednesday opened the possibility of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir being charged with genocide in Darfur. Appeals judges at the tribunal reversed a decision that prosecutors had not provided enough evidence to add genocide to Bashir's charge sheet, ruling that the ICC's pre-trial chamber must look again at whether he ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. It is an independent body, not a U.N. court. ESTABLISHMENT — The Rome Statute creating the ICC was adopted in Italy July 17, 1998. It came into force in July 2002 after ratification by ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's former southern rebels said on Saturday they would boycott elections in a key oil-producing state over concerns about fraud, ratcheting up the pressure less than three months ahead of voting. The former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) planned to boycott "all elections" in the central state of Southern Kordofan, the party's candidate for ...