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Minister Calls For Interpol To Arrest JEM Leader

May 13 2010

Sudan

The government of Sudan has again urged international authorities to arrest the leader of the Darfur region's most powerful rebel group, a move expected to undermine the faltering peace process, reports Al Jazeera (Qatar).

Abdul Basit Sabdarat, the Sudanese justice minister, said that Khalil Ibrahim, the head of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is still wanted for an attack on the capital in May 2008 that killed around 200 people.

The government has asked Interpol to...

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