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July 29, 2008

Shame on Mbeki

South Africa is trying to block the ICC genocide indictment of Al-Bashir. Given  Mbeki’s abysmal record on AIDS, Zimbabwe, and Darfur this is no surprise.  No one will take S Africa seriously as long as he remains in power.. True, he has been involved in some important negotiations on the continent---but in his own country, in his own backyard, and in responding to the most appalling atrocity crimes on the African continent, he has been a complete and conspicuous failure.

Many African nations and of course China are invoking Article 16 of the Rome statute-which gives the UN Security Council  authority to delay ICC proceedings  for 12 months.  But key players should first extract significant concessions from Al Bashir. ..what is the point of simply giving this to Krtm?  Especially  with no peace process  in sight. There is a good chance that another,  much more robust rebel assault on Khartoum will take place in the near future: is South Africa waiting for that?  for urban civil war?  for a collapse in security in Darfur that will precipitate full-scale humanitarian withdrawal?
 
 
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