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Burundi rejects International Criminal Court war crimes investigation

International Criminal Court (ICC). (Photo: Courtesy)

Burundi said on Friday it will refuse to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes prosecutors suspect were committed by forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government against their political opponents.

The court ordered a formal investigation on Thursday into crimes committed between April 2015 to October 2017.

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