Sudan President Omar Hassan al- Bashir will not attend an African Union summit in Uganda, presidential sources said on Sunday, despite a resolution urging African states not to arrest the leader wanted for genocide. In a further snub, Khartoum will not even send a minister from Khartoum to the summit, official sources said.
The move deepens a rift between the neighbours after President Yoweri Museveni did not attend Bashir's swearing-in after disputed elections, but visited Juba for the inauguration of South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Bashir's deputy. "This is not about the president being afraid of being arrested," one presidential source told Reuters. "We could send the vice president instead but we are not sending him or any minister," the source said.