Sudan's transitional government announced it would hand over former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; Institute for Security Studies
Politics
Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: August 12 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Ladi Kwali, the celebrated Nigerian potter whose traditional Gwari pottery techniques gained international recognition and later appeared on the Nigerian 20-naira note, died.
Sources: The Guardian Nigeria ; Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries
Death