KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry was not expected to meet with Sudan's embattled president Thursday during his visit with government leaders in Khartoum, officials said.
The Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was expected to meet with Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha and other government officials, but not President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes he allegedly committed in the nation's Darfur region, Voice of America reported.