The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court after it charged Sudan’s president with war crimes.

Omar al-Bashir is accused over alleged atrocities in the Darfur region.

Reports from an AU meeting in Libya said the delegates agreed a statement saying they would not co-operate in the "arrest and surrender" of Mr Bashir.

The Sudanese government has been fighting rebels in Darfur since 2003, amid repeated claims of war crimes.

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