{"id":39168,"date":"2026-07-09T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39168"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:29:06","slug":"icc-official-states-that-breakthrough-made-in-darfur-investigations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/icc-official-states-that-breakthrough-made-in-darfur-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC official states that breakthrough made in Darfur investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DgV2h lAKmW\">\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"body-100\">\n<div class=\"ze1hM d9vCk\">\n<div id=\"avatar-r4s7__badge\" class=\"fui-PresenceBadge r832ydo fui-Avatar__badge ___11zxnko fqa5hgp f1euv43f f1yab3r1 f1e31b4d\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"available\">\u200b\u0650A breakthrough has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan&#8217;s war in \u200bthe Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them to leadership, a senior International Criminal Court (ICC) official told Reuters.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_23\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_da8e\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ICC is investigating attacks \u200con the cities of al-Geneina, in 2023, and al-Fashir last year, where United Nations (UN) experts say forces from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes that bear the &#8220;hallmarks of genocide&#8221; against people from non-Arab tribes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We have got additional evidence, strong evidence, linking what is occurring in Darfur with leadership levels. And we are very, very pleased to say that this is a breakthrough for us,&#8221; deputy \u200bprosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i>, following a visit to eastern Chad to meet victims of the attacks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She did not specify the forces the \u200bleadership belong to and could not, according to ICC rules, say whether warrants had been or would be applied for.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We \u2060are confident that there are going to be results in at least a reasonable time,&#8221; she added, without giving a timeframe.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In international war crimes trials of political leaders \u200bit is often hard to link them to specific atrocity crimes committed by lower level perpetrators.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prosecutors need so-called linkage evidence, often in the form of insider \u200bwitnesses or physical records of political leadership being briefed about operations and plans on the ground.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14725,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-39168","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"International Criminal Court","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39169,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39168\/revisions\/39169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}