African leaders OK strategy for mass withdrawal from ICC

African leaders have adopted a strategy calling for a collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.

The non-binding decision came behind closed doors yesterday near the end of the African Union summit. 
 
It is the latest expression of impatience by African leaders with the court, which some say has focused too narrowly on African issues.
 
Head of Oxfam International's AU liaison office, Desire Assogbavi confirmed the adoption.
  
A source close to the continental body's legal council also confirmed it, saying countries have been divided on whether to call for leaving the court individually or together.

SOURCE: NEWS24