Museveni mused to mediation role

Seems like much is on the move in this hot sudanese summer: while ICC confirms its charges against Al-Bashir, UN is planning to nominate Burkina Faso president as mediator and unspecified sources name also Joweri Museveni, Ugandan president, to mediate directly with Sudanese government (sources have not been specified, and the whole plot seems a bit hasted). Darfour already had as mediators Chad (later dismissed as accused to support the JEM) and Eritrea. As for the nomination of Museveni, it comes in a moment of high relations between Uganda and Southern-Sudan president and Sudan vice-president Salva Kiir, and it would be the second time Museveni to be assigned to Sudan , given his previous Southern-Sudan mediation.

Internationally, things are getting a different spin: China, with its many vested interests in Sudan and the fear of having them exposed during the Olympiads, is opposing the indictment and recommending other means. As of today, China's ambassador to the United Nations, Guangya Wang, said that the UN Security Council should suspend ICC warrant and suggested the five permanent Security Council members -- China, Russia, the United States, France and Britain – to meet with Moreno-Ocampo, "warning him about the negative consequences" of the arrest warrant for al-Bashir.