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Gaston Sindimwo

Burundi to leave the ICC six months after probe announced

Burundi’s government has said the country intends to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The cabinet announcement comes six months after the court’s prosecutor said she would investigate ongoing violence in the country. “We are ready to face the consequences of withdrawal,” Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo said. Political turmoil began in April 2015 after […]