January Roundup

Warcrimes. Now that President Bashir has been charged with three warcrimes, he says he is ignoring the charges, saying the International CriminalCourt has no authority over Sudan. The charges are genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Darfur.

Hope from the US. The US State Department condemned the violence in Dafur last month, as blogged about by Save Darfur.

Please, don't help. A US aid group was kicked out of Sudan for possessing Arabic-language bibles. The group, Thirst No More, worked to provide clean water to Darfurians beginning in 2007, but apparently began performing missionary services along the way. A definite no-no for these parts even though freedom of religion was added to the country's consitution in 2005.