AU to shelter Beshir from war crimes warrant: delegates
SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.
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