On September 11, 2014, Trial Chamber IV of the International Criminal Court (the Court) issued an arrest warrant against Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain regarding charges of war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur, Sudan.  According to the press release, Trial Chamber IV had previously requested the Government of Sudan's cooperation to facilitate the accused's presence at trial, but because such assistance has not been forthcoming and there were no guarantees the accused would voluntarily appear before the Court, Trial Chamber IV “concluded that an arrest warrant is now necessary to ensure the accused's presence.” Abdallah Banda faces charges of “violence to life in the form of murder, whether committed or attempted; intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a peacekeeping mission; and pillaging,” which were allegedly committed in 2007 against the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan.