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Canadian Foreign Affairs minister, Rob Nicholson, has expressed his displeasure with South African government for not arresting the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, when he was in South Africa to attend the African Union Summit. Nicholson in a statement released by Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said South Africa was obligated under the conventions of the International Criminal Court to arrest President Bashir and hand him over to ICC. His words: “Canada is disappointed that South Africa did not fulfill its commitment under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to arrest President Bashir during his recent trip to South Africa for the African Union Summit. South Africa had a clear obligation to arrest and surrender him to stand trial for the crimes against civilians of which he is accused. “President Bashir is wanted on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the conflict in Darfur. Perpetrators of s...

The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Monday came from behind twice to play a 3-3 draw with Sweden in their first game of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup going on in Canada. The Falcons were trailing Sweden 2 - nil at the end of the first half after Nigeria’s striker, Desire Oparanozie scored an own-goal and Nilla Fischer hit the back of the net in the 20th and 31st minutes of the game respectively. But the Falcons drew the battle line in the early minutes of the second half with two quick goals from Ngozi Okobi and the current BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala. The Super Falcons soon fell behind again when Linda Sembrant put a goal past veteran goalkeeper Precious Dede on the hour mark. However, Francisca Ordega ensured that Nigeria earned a draw by scoring a sublime goal after collecting a pass from Okobi three minutes from time. Ngozi Okobi was named the player of the match. Nigeria will square up against Australia in their next match which will be played ...