ICC prosecutor drops charges against Darfur rebel leader

THE HAGUE: International Criminal Court prosecutors Tuesday recommended judges drop charges against a rebel leader in Sudan’s Darfur region over a deadly 2007 attack on African Union peacekeepers, saying there were “no longer substantial grounds” to prosecute him. Abdallah Banda had faced three counts of war crimes for his alleged role in an assault on the Haskanita military base in north Darfur, which claimed the lives of 12 AU peacekeepers.

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