Chad's former leader Hissène Habré to be tried in Senegal

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Monday 16 July 2012

Chad's former leader Hissène Habré to be tried in Senegal

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Chad's former leader Hissene Habré in N'Djamena, 16 August, 1983,

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By Colette Davidson

Senegal's President Macky Sall announced during the AU Summit that Chad's former leader, Hissène Habré, would be brought to trial in Senegal, and not in Belgium. Belgium issued an international arrest warrant against Habré in 2005, and has made numerous attempts to extradite him from Senegal without success. RFI spoke to a legal expert, who has been following the Habré case for the past thirteen years.