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S Africa court bid to arrest Bashir South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir
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South Africa court grants order stopping Sudan's Bashir from leaving country until ruling on ICC arrest warrant A South African court has issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. It says Mr Bashir will have to stay until the court hears an application later on Sunday on whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Mr Bashir is in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit.
He faces ICC war crimes and genocide charges over the Darfur conflict.
The ICC has called on South Africa to arrest him. However he was welcomed by South African officials when he arrived in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Treaty obligation
There are tensions between the ICC and the AU, with some on the continent accusing the court of unfairly targeting Africans.
The AU has previously urged the ICC to stop proceedings against sitting leaders.
The warrants against Mr Bashir, who denies the allegations, have severely restricted his overseas travel.
He has, however, visited friendly states in Africa and the Middle East.
The ICC has no police force and relies on member states to carry out arrests.
As a signatory to the treaty establishing the ICC, South Africa is committed to arrest President Bashir if he sets foot in the country, but correspondents have said this is unlikely to happen.