The Sovereignty Council announced that a ceremony will be held next week for the inauguration of a new batch of security forces concerned with the protection of civilians in Darfur as part of the implementation of the security arrangements stipulated in the Juba Peace Agreement. The presence of armed forces in Darfur has been subject to much controversy and negotiation over the past years.
Ali Kushayb has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection to atrocities committed in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Appearing for the second day before Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (known as ‘Ali Kushayb’) has reiterated his denial of guilt in an unsworn statement from the dock, branding the accusations against him as “misleading falsehoods”.
The first Sudanese trial at the International Criminal Court opens on Tuesday April 5, with victims and other suspects held in Khartoum watching. This is one of the ICC’s first historic investigations, launched in June 2005. Former Janjaweed militia leader Ali Abd al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, will have to answer for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur some 20 years ago.