Senegalese police have arrested Chadian ex-president Hussein Habre and a
special court in Senegal has officially charged him with war crime. He
is accused of torturing and killing thousands of opponents during his
rule.
Mr Habre seized power in a bloody coup d'état in 1982 and ruled the
country till 1990 when he was forced out as the country's president.
After his reign, he fled to seek refuge in Senegal with his nuclear
family.
The 70-years-old was arrested in his resident in Dakar and put to trial.
He had denied the allegations laid against him. Meanwhile, his victims
filed complaints against him under Belgium's universal jurisdiction law
to have him tried wherever he was.
