Omar Hassan al-Bashir says investigators had uncovered an `` ongoing pattern of crimes '' The the United Nations has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Fatou Bensouda . The International Criminal Court has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide during a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur , a province in western Sudan that is about the size of Spain . Some 300,000 people have died in Sudan , the United Nations estimates .
Omar Hassan al-Bashir says investigators had uncovered an `` ongoing pattern of crimes '' The the United Nations has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Fatou Bensouda . Some 300,000 people have died in Sudan , the United Nations estimates .