Sudan’s War Criminal President Facing Arab Spring-Like Protests

Warning anti-government protesters of an “incinerating summer” instead of an Arab Spring, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – who was indicted in 2009 by the International Criminal Court for his role in the genocide in Darfur in the 2000s – is facing a serious challenge to his rule due to growing nationwide demonstrations brought on by the country’s dire economic problems. Despite Bashir’s repressive rule and the country’s dire problems, African states recently nominated Sudan to take a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in 2013.

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