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South Africa cabinet says to review its ICC membership after Bashir row

Cape Town: South Africa's government will review its membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the wake of a dispute with the court over Pretoria's failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.

The diplomatic row erupted on June 15, when Bashir flew out of South Africa as world powers and activists urged the government to arrest him under a warrant from the global court on charges of masterminding genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.

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