ICC Prosecutor Arrives in Nyala

The  Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court(ICC), Fatou Bensouda arrived  on Monday  in Nyala, capital of South  Darfur State within framework of her historic visits  to Darfur.

Upon arrived the ICC Prosecutor  met with Wali(governor) of the South Darfur State, Musa Mahdi.

Mahdi affirmed that  the State would provide support and facilitations for reaching  the perpetrators  of  war crimes in Darfur  and bringing  them to justice.

He added following his meeting with the ICC Prosecutor  that  the State is ready to  facilitate task of investigators  to reach out  to the victims.

Fatou Bensouda, for her part, said in press statement, that her visit to Darfur comes  with purpose of list3ning  to the government  and the victims   and not  for investigation , noting to arrival of team of investigators  to Darfur soon  to get acquainted with information and evidences , calling the displaced persons  to provide the investigators with full information regarding  crimes committed in Darfur

Bensouda is currently  visiting  Darfur States  which was described as historic  and a head of two weeks  from leaving her office as ICC Prosecutor.