Sahel States

From left, the heads of state of the three countries: Mali's Assimi Goita, Niger's General Abdourahamane Tchiani and Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore [File: Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters] Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the institution of acting as a tool of neocolonial repression. The military-led nations, which have already split from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and formed […]