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Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir has been Sudan’s president since 1989, following a military coup that deposed Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. He was elected democratic president in 1993 and has ruled Sudan for the past 27 years. The 72-year-old has managed to remain in power as a despotic strong man ruler, despite his government’s tense relationship with Western nations.
In 2009, the ICC issued a warrant for his arrest, which was re-issued in 2010. He is wanted for his role in war crimes and crimes against humanity including rape, murder, torture, forcible transfer, extermination, and genocide during the Darfur crises between 2003 and 2005 that resulted in the deaths of at least 200,000 people and the displacement of 2.5 million others.
