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The International Court of Justice has ruled that Senegal must begin proceedings to try Chad's former leader Hissene Habre "without delay".
Otherwise, he should be extradited to face trial in Belgium, the court's legally binding ruling said.
The 69 year old has been been under house arrest since 2005 in Senegal, where he fled after being deposed.
He denies charges of killing and torturing tens of thousands of his opponents.
The charges relate from 1982, when Mr Habre came to power in a coup, until he was ousted in 1990.
The UN's highest court has been investigating whether he should be tried in Senegal or extradited to Belgium, after Senegal previously refused four extradition requests.
President Macky Saul, who came to power in March, has indicated that he would be willing to prosecute Mr Habre in a special tribunal.
BBC
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