President Paul Kagame has said that Africans should not accept being selectively picked on by the international justice system which doesn't understand Africa's complex issues.
Kagame was addressing a press conference on Tuesday, when he stated that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a tool of the west being used to control others and it has become a punching bag for African leaders.
"If ICC indeed is to be called international justice, let it be seen to be trying people across the board. It is not a question of being for or against ICC. This is taking things simplistic way.
Our stand on ICC is not as a result of the Kenyan trials. Our stand was made 10 years ago, which is why we are not signatories," said Kagame.
African leaders under the African Union (AU) have backed the idea of leaving Africans to sort out their issues especially in the case of their Kenyan counterparts (President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy president William Ruto) who are currently being pursued by the ICC.
Source: THE EAST AFRICA TIMES
Kagame was addressing a press conference on Tuesday, when he stated that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a tool of the west being used to control others and it has become a punching bag for African leaders.
"If ICC indeed is to be called international justice, let it be seen to be trying people across the board. It is not a question of being for or against ICC. This is taking things simplistic way.
Our stand on ICC is not as a result of the Kenyan trials. Our stand was made 10 years ago, which is why we are not signatories," said Kagame.
African leaders under the African Union (AU) have backed the idea of leaving Africans to sort out their issues especially in the case of their Kenyan counterparts (President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy president William Ruto) who are currently being pursued by the ICC.
Source: THE EAST AFRICA TIMES