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AU meets to discuss Bashir future The African Union is holding talks with Sudan's justice minister over war crimes accusations against President Omar al-Bashir. The AU's Peace and Security Council is meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the request of Khartoum. The International Criminal Court (ICC) accuses Mr Bashir of genocide in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has asked the court for a warrant to arrest Mr Bashir. Mr Moreno-Campo has accused the Sudanese leader of running a campaign of genocide that killed 35,000 people outright, at least another 100,000 through a "slow death" and forced 2.5 million to flee their homes in Darfur. The Sudanese government said it expected African ministers to condemn the ICC's move to indict President Bashir. "We expect the African Union's solidarity and condemnation of the indictment," Sudanese foreign ministry official Mutrif Siddig said ahead of the AU meeting. On Sunday, the head of the Arab League Amr Moussa met President Bashir to discuss the accusations. Mr Moussa said a plan drawn up by the Arab League to solve the crisis had been well received in Khartoum. During a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, the Arab League condemned the ICC's call to arrest Mr Bashir on war crimes charges. The Arab League said the ICC's move was "unbalanced". "In so far as work is concerned, we had very, very serious discussions for the duration [of] a little less than two hours," Mr Moussa said. Mr Moussa did not reveal any details of the Arab League's plan, but the organisation called for Sudan to hold credible trials for those accused of war crimes in Darfur.
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