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Why Kenya chose to ignore warrants by ICC and sup with the devil
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir arrives at Uhuru Park grounds to witness the promulgation of Kenya's new constitution. Bashir who is on ICC's wanted list was one of the heads of state invited by the Kenya government. (August 27, 2010). File Photo
Posted Monday, September 6 2010 at 18:18
In Summary
What's at stake
Refugees: When the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in Nairobi in 2005, the largest number of Southern Sudanese refugees was in East Africa. There were 212,857 of them in Uganda and 96,646 in Kenya. More than 320,000 refugees have returned to Southern Sudan.
Internal rebellion: A resumption of war in the South could potentially open the door for the LRA to return to 'base' as it were, enabling it to launch direct attacks into northern Uganda.
Bashir can do without an invitation to Kampala or Nairobi. But Kampala and Nairobi cannot secure their future without sitting across the table from Bashir.
Fortunately for the realpolitik practitioners, Bashir has thrown them a facesaver, announcing that following a meeting on the sidelines in Nairobi during the Constitution launch, all the outstanding issues in respect of the Southern Sudan referendum were settled.
However, the forces at play in these geopolitical games have become so complex, that outsiders can expect that in the near future, they will simply not have the smarts to influence the direction of events.
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If u are going to censure kenya for bashir visit why not censure china and all those other countries that are doing business in northern sudan as a result proping a regime economically that has been deemed to be wanting.. Also, kenyas interests are at stake..Sometimes we have to sleep with the devil for the better good. The west is unable to do anything about darfur for decades yet they dont have alternative plans..May be befriending bashir is the only solution..We need bashir to coporate on the referundum a step foward..
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As the West lead by George Bush and the outgoing Tony Blair have seemingly ratcheted up the pressure on Sudan over Darfur, once again the world is being told by the West that intervention in Darfur is urgently needed to save lives. Yet the reality is that Sudan, and the conflict in Darfur, is a result of the intense conflict between the major western nations over control of the regions natural resources.
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