ICC charges Bashir with genocide

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has added genocide to the list of charges against Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan. "The Chamber finds that there is sufficient evidence to establish reasonable grounds to believe that [al-Bashir] is criminally responsible ... for those charges of genocide," a court decision published on Monday said. The ICC also issued a second arrest warrant for al-Bashir after first issuing a warrant for his arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2009. The charges relate to violence in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur, where thousands died and many more were displaced after the government in Khartoum cracked down on a local rebellion. Al-Bashir has consistently denied involvement in the crimes.