Gambia joins African queue to leave ICC

The Gambia says it will pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after accusing the tribunal of persecuting and humiliating Africans. 

The country joins South Africa and Burundi in withdrawing from the court.
 
The ICC was set up to try the world's worst crimes but has been accused of unfairly targeting African leaders.

Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said the court had ignored Western war crimes. 

He said the ICC, for example, had failed to indict former British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the Iraq war. 

The ICC's chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is a former Gambian Justice Minister.  

All but one of the ICC's 10 investigations has been Africa-based.
 
BBC