Africa

Court orders Habré forced appearance

After an eventful first day, the Extraordinary African Chambers trying Hissène Habré in Dakar ordered late Monday afternoon that the former Chadian president be brought to court on Tuesday morning by “public security forces”. His lawyers denounced a “militarization” of the proceedings. Hissène Habré, in exile in Senegal since his ouster in 1990 and detained […]
By Ephrem Rugiririza, Dakar, Special Envoy
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