{"id":32215,"date":"2017-11-13T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=32215"},"modified":"2017-11-13T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T12:47:09","slug":"sudanese-president-omar-al-bashir-in-uganda-for-a-two-day-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/sudanese-president-omar-al-bashir-in-uganda-for-a-two-day-state-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Uganda for a two day state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has this afternoon arrived in the country for a two day state visit.<\/p>\n<p>Top on agenda during his visit, is the South Sudan peace process and bilateral discussions with his host on a number of areas of cooperation between Sudan and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>President Al-Bashir is accompanied by Ministers, Senior Officials and a business delegation in various sectors, with a Sudan-Uganda Business Forum expected to be held.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, the Museveni and Bashir have been trying to patch the on-and-off relations between the two governments.<\/p>\n<p>President Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on two counts of crimes against humanity and genocide of more than 300,000 deaths in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32218\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32218 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KFM-NEWS-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KFM-NEWS-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KFM-NEWS-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KFM-NEWS-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KFM-NEWS-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>President Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Security at Entebbe International airport and surrounding areas was tight.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He was last in the country in May last year to attend President Museveni\u2019s fifth swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, the two leaders have been trying to patch the on-and-off relations between the two governments.<\/p>\n<p>President Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on two counts of crimes against humanity and genocide of more than 300,000 deaths in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region.<\/p>\n<p>The court issued double warrants for him; 2009 and 2010 on two counts of crimes against humanity and genocide of more than 300,000 deaths in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region. Copies of the warrants were served to government.<\/p>\n<p>ICC handles four major international crimes of aggression, war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Top on agenda during his visit, is the South Sudan peace process and bilateral discussions with his host on a number of areas of cooperation between Sudan and Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has this afternoon arrived in the country for a two day state visit. Top on agenda during his visit, is the South Sudan peace process and bilateral discussions with his host on a number of areas of cooperation between Sudan and Uganda. President Al-Bashir is accompanied by Ministers, Senior Officials and a business delegation in various sectors, with a Sudan-Uganda Business Forum expected to be held. Since 2015, the Museveni and Bashir have been trying to patch the on-and-off relations between the two governments. President Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on two counts of crimes against humanity and genocide of more than 300,000 deaths in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region. 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