Sahel military juntas quit international court, citing “neo-colonial” bias

Three West African nations — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — have announced their decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing it as a “tool of neocolonial repression.”

All three are ruled by military regimes that came to power in recent years via coups. They already distanced themselves from regional bodies like ECOWAS, and now say the ICC has been selectively targeting weaker states while…