Dakar Senegal: Chad’s former president, Hissene Habre has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison at a landmark trial in Senegal.

The judge convicted him of rape, sexual slavery and ordering killings during his rule in the 1980s.

Habre has been given 2 weeks to make an appeal against life imprisonment.

Habre was arrested in Senegal, where he was exiled, in 2013, the same year a court in Chad sentenced him to death in absentia for crimes against humanity.
It was the first time an AU-backed court had tried a former ruler for human rights abuses.

Many have hailed the AU for setting a new record.

Speaking during sentencing an AU prosecutor said that the sentence is a warning against ‘African dictators’ that the long arm of international law will follow them one day when they leave office.

Habre was well known for rigging elections, silencing opposition through abductions and well as brutality against anyone who voiced against his rule.

Read more at http://zimbabwenewsday.co.uk/2016/05/breaking-african-president-jailed-for-life-over-1980s-killings/#vEmw6KB0wo3fVbWc.99

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Eyya.

In Nigeria, Habre case would be different. he will receive different titles including national award. if he contest for any office he will win as some people will see him as the saviour we have been waiting for.