Malawi's vice president says it won't host an African summit next month after a dispute over the southern African's country's refusal to host Sudan's leader, who faces war crimes charges.
In a statement on state radio Friday, Vice President Khumbo Kachali said Cabinet "has decided not to host the summit." Earlier, according to Kachali, the government had received a letter from the African Union saying that it had no right to dictate who could attend the AU summit, and if it insisted on barring Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, the summit would be moved to AU headquarters in Ethiopia.
Joyce Banda has steered an independent path for Malawi since stepping in as president in April after the sudden death in office of Bingu wa Mutharika. Mutharika had welcomed al-Bashir at a regional summit last year.
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