{"id":38015,"date":"2026-06-25T13:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38015"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:09:06","slug":"niger-formalises-icc-withdrawal-alongside-mali-burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/niger-formalises-icc-withdrawal-alongside-mali-burkina-faso\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger formalises ICC withdrawal alongside Mali, Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niger has officially submitted its request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), joining regional neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a significant shift in the political and diplomatic strategy of nations within the Alliance of Sahel States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerien authorities have accused the ICC of dispensing selective justice and serving foreign interests. In response, the Hague-based tribunal expressed regret over the decision, while reaffirming its commitment to combating impunity for the world&#8217;s gravest crimes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29469,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38015","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Niger has officially submitted its request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court","published_date":"2026-06-25 13:03:13","news_description":"Niger has officially submitted its request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38016,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38015\/revisions\/38016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}