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How Africans Brought 'Africa's Pinochet' To Book

History is made in Africa as one country puts a former dictator of another in the dock. Chad's deposed leader, Hissene Habré, goes on trial on war crimes charges in Senegal. Do we still need the International Criminal Court?

(Photo: Security guards surround Hissene Habré. Credit: AP)

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Sun 26 Jul 201522:05GMT
BBC World Service Online

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