Reports suggest that Omar al-Bashir has left South Africa for his home country, despite an order from a Pretoria court.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, left, with his Congolese counterpart, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in Johannesburg Sunday.
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A court in South Africa granted an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country on Sunday while it considered an application to hand the leader over to the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
Al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide over his government's actions in the Darfur region, was in Johannesburg attending the African Union summit.
Pretoria High Court Judge Hans Fabricius issued an interim order to prevent al-Bashir from leaving the country until an application by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre could be heard Monday.
Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman told Bloomberg the president had since departed South Africa to return to Khartoum.
"The president finished his business in South Africa and is coming back home," Osman said told Bloomberg.
However, other reporters said al-Bashir had yet to leave South Africa.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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