Sudan president 'could escape war crimes trial'

Despite years of inaction by Sudan’s government, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held out hope that President Omar al-Bashir might still order his country’s courts to prosecute war crimes in Darfur and possibly avert his own war crimes trial by the International Criminal Court.

“You can never say that it is too late,” said Mr Ban. “Even now, I think they can take – and they should take – the necessary measures.”