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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Senegal calls on US to withdraw sanctions against ICC magistrates

Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands in June 2024. AP - Peter Dejong

Dakar has denounced new United States sanctions on a Senegalese ICC prosecutor and three others at the International Criminal Court, made in connection with arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister.

The United States announced new sanctions against two judges and two prosecutors from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, over efforts to prosecute US and Israeli citizens.

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