Sudan: Genocide claims nonexistent-president al-Bashir

(SomaliNet) Sudan\'s president Omar al-Bashir denies that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur.

In July, the International Criminal Court in The Hague indicted Omar al-Bashir on genocide and war crimes charges.

Prosecutors say militias unleashed by his government have killed some 300 000 ethnic Africans. More than 2,5-million have been displaced.

Al-Bashir says those numbers are inflated. \"Genocide like the International Criminal Court claims is nonexistent.\"

He was speaking at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, during his first trip abroad since the indictment. - Sapa-AP