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POPSto try or not to try for peace Separately, judges at the court are expected to decide soon whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide in Darfur. Bosco Ntaganda may have bought himself time by switching sides. He worked under Mr Lubanga - the man who is in the dock at the ICC - in Ituri. Now, he has switched sides and become the chief of staff of the Tutsi CNDP rebel group, active in a separate conflict further south which is still continuing. By agreeing in recent weeks to lend his troops to a huge military operation to bring peace to the troubled region, he seems to have bought himself more time. It is hard to dismiss the notion of a political deal.
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POPSUganda protests Rwandan arrest President Kagame on Tuesday angrily protested the arrest, calling it a violation of sovereignty. “We will see how we can challenge such actions, which are simply a question of being arrogant and people being a law unto themselves,” Kagame said after visiting Kabuye in prison yesterday.