Tag: Hissene Habre
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Chad’s ex-President, convicted of war crimes, dies in Senegal
Chad’s former President Hissene Habre, an ally of the West during the Cold War, who was later jailed for war crimes and crimes against humanity, is dead. Spokesperson for the Senegalese Justice Ministry disclosed this on Tuesday. Habre fled to Senegal after being ousted in a 1990 coup. In 2016, he was sentenced to life…