Sudan is the largest country in Africa is devastated by a series of civil wars. It was once regarded as the potential breadbasket of the Arab world. It has put on fifty years post it became independent.

Post the civil wars, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant on its President Omar Al-Bashir. The key reason given: human rights violation in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The move was, according to the African Union Commission through its Chairman Mr. Jean Ping, ‘pouring fuel on the fire’. The AU is trying ‘to extinguish the fire, the ICC put more oil in the fire’, he said.

Provincial governor, Osman Mohammed Youssef said ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has a ‘wicked political stance aiming at cutting the ongoing efforts to solve Darfur’s issue peacefully’, adding that Sudan is not a signatory of the ICC and the court has no jurisdiction over Sudan, its people or government.

The civil war in the Darfur region, is one of the worst human crises that one would have ever seen.

But can the latest move by the ICC and the attempt to arrest the Sudanese President help in resolving the crisis?

Actually, no!

These of the ICC and the reluctance of the United Nations, African Union and the Arab League to bring the war to an end represent the double standards of international players when it affects poor countries.