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This is what happened on the African continent this past week
Former Chadian military ruler Hissène Habré’s defence team have appealed his life sentence for war crimes, torture and sexual slavery.
The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.
Hunger was a much bigger killer of prisoners under the regime of Chadian ex-dictator Hissene Habre than torture, his war crimes tribunal heard.
Hissene Habre was forced into the dock as his trial resumed in Senegal over a string of atrocities committed during eight bloodsoaked years in power.
In a landmark case, the country’s ex-ruler, Hissène Habré, is being tried in Senegal for human rights abuses.
The trial of Hissene Habre was suspended on Tuesday until September after the court named new lawyers because his defence team shunned the session.
Hissene Habre faces charges of torture and crimes against humanity in the first trial of an African leader outside his nation by a continental court.
This month will finally see former Chad dictator Hissène Habré brought to trial for crimes against humanity.
The detention of the Chadian dictator is thanks in part to the body’s insistence that Senegal try him.
The UN’s highest court is preparing to decide whether Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre can be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and torture.
A Chadian court on Friday sentenced a former president and 11 rebels to death for crimes against the state, an official said.