Senegal Court to Deliver Verdict in Habré Case

A court in Senegal is set to deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré. Habré was tried on charges of war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity by a special tribunal known as the Extraordinary African Chambers. The verdict could mark the end of a battle to bring the former leader to justice in Senegal, where he fled and has lived in exile after being overthrown in a coup in 1990. “It took 25 years of relentless campaigning by...

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