AU head Mugabe says international court unwelcome in Africa

Zimbabwean leader and African Union chairman Robert Mugabe on Tuesday harshly criticized the International Criminal Court after Sudan's president dodged an international arrest order by leaving early from a meeting of the continent's leaders in South Africa, a news agency reported. "This is not the headquarters of the ICC; we don't want it in this region at all," said Mugabe, who is chairing the 54-member African Union for one year. According to Mugabe, South African President Jacob Zuma said "he would not allow" police to arrest al-Bashir, the African News Agency reported.