(2 Jun 2015)
Sudan swears in President Omar al-Bashir
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Omdurman - 2 June 2015
1. Flags in front of parliament building
2. President Omar al-Bashir walks in and takes seat
3. Wide of parliament
4. Bashir and parliament members
STORYLINE:
Sudan swore in President Omar al-Bashir for another five-year term on June 2nd 2015, extending his 25-year rule.
Many Arab leaders stayed away from the ceremony for the world's only sitting leader wanted on international war crimes charges.
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and a handful of African leaders, including Kenya's leader Uhuru Kenyatta as well as Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby, did attend.
In a ceremony held in the city of Omdurman, al-Bashir promised to combat corruption and emphasise economic growth.
He also offered amnesty to armed rebel groups if they agreed to peace talks.
Al-Bashir, who took power in a bloodless Islamist coup in 1989, is the only sitting head of state facing genocide charges at the International Criminal Court.
The charges stem from the conflict in Darfur, which killed 300,000 people and displaced two (m) million during the government's brutal response to an armed rebellion there, according to United Nations figures.
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