{"id":40889,"date":"2026-07-28T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40889"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:05:53","slug":"chad-joins-mass-exit-from-icc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/chad-joins-mass-exit-from-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad joins mass exit from ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad has officially announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the tribunal of selective justice while calling for the strengthening of African judicial mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision makes Chad the fifth nation in recent years to initiate pull-out proceedings, following similar moves by Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes just days after the ICC&#8217;s Deputy Prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, completed an official mission to N&#8217;Djamena in early July. It also follows formal withdrawal notifications recently submitted by Sahel neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development, Chadian civil society representative Christophe Kagne noted that the decision reflects growing regional frustration with international judicial bodies, as member states push to prioritise continental legal frameworks over the Hague-based court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40892,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-40889","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chad announces withdrawal from ICC over alleged \u2018selective\u2019 justice","published_date":"2026-07-28 14:31:29","news_description":"Chad announces withdrawal from ICC over alleged \u2018selective\u2019 justice","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40889","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\/40889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40890,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40889\/revisions\/40890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}