cemented.

As meningitis spreads in the Kalma refugee camp,

Al-Bashir, meanwhile, says he does not want a freezing of the case, but its complete cancellation. “Whoever wants us, don’t go the Security Council or the ICC. Whoever wants us, come here directly,” he proclaimed at one of the many rallies he has held since the warrant was issued.

Alex de Waal, a Sudan expert at the New York-based Social Science Research Council, said Khartoum is not “looking for a compromise right now.”

“They are calling the bluff … Now that the international community fired their big shot, what else can they do? Add more charges?” he said.