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Prime Time News Nigeria: COURT BARS SUDANESE PRESIDENT FROM LEAVING S'AFRICA

A South African High Court in pretoria on Sunday issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,from leaving the country over alleged war crime related charges. The  presiding judge,Justice Hans Fabricius,while postponing the hearing of the case till Monday (today) ,urged the south African authorities to "take all necessary steps" to prevent Bashir from leaving. The order was made upon a request by the international Criminal Court demanding the arrest of Bashir,who was first indicted in 2009. ICC had accused the sudanese president of crimes against humanity and genocide during the Darfur conflict which claimed hundreds of lives and displaced millions of people. The United Nations said about 400,000 people died and more than two million fled their home since rebel took up arms in 2003. Al-Bashir,who was sworn in this month for another five-year term,had arrived in Johannesburg,South Africa on Saturday for an African Union summit,chaired by the