Burundi completes withdrawal process from International Criminal Court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (UPI) -- Burundi officially withdrew from the International Criminal Court on Friday, a year after the government initiated proceedings saying the court was biased against African nations. The landlocked nation was one of three African countries to announce plans to leave the international body in 2016, but Gambia and South Africa decided to stay in. That leaves 122 member states in the ICC. African nations say the ICC focuses a disproportionate amount of time investigating the continent. The […]
