AU Meeting; ICC Begs South African Government To Arrest Sudanese President As Buhari Chairs Security Meeting.

Information reaching NaijaReporters from South Africa have it that the  International Criminal Court wants South Africa to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is in Johannesburg for an African Union summit.

The ICC says Bashir has two outstanding arrest warrants.  He has been charged with war crimes and genocide for sending the army and backing Arab militias to put down an armed uprising in the Darfur conflict in 2003.

The United Nations says fighting in the impoverished region has killed 300,000 people and created more than 2 million refugees. Most of the victims were civilians.

ICC President Sidiki Kaba said in a statement South Africa, which "has always contributed to the strengthening of the Court," should "spare no effort in ensuring the execution of the arrest warrants."

Analysts say while South Africa is a signatory of the Rome Statute that established the ICC and is obliged to arrest President Bashir, it is not likely the AU summit hosts will detain the Sudanese leader.  The AU has accused the ICC of unfairly targeting African leaders.  

Meanwhile president Buhari of Nigeria chaired the peace and security meeting where they discussed about ways to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. 

“I am pleased to note that Cameroon, Chad and Niger are fighting side by side with Nigeria under the umbrella of the Multi-National Joint Task Force to defeat Boko Haram,” Buhari said.