cc D BConcerned by African leaders' reluctance to support the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants, Dieu-Donné Wedi Djamba argues that the failure to cooperate severely undermines global efforts to tackle impunity. While Africa's leaders consistently present the ICC as a tool of Western oppression which purely targets Africans, their lack of support actually reflects a fear of being the next arrested and a desire to offer mutual protection to allies, Wedi Djamba concludes.
One of the challenges faced by the global South in general and African countries in particular is the culture of impunity. And the ratification of the Rome Statute by 30 African countries seemed to send a message to the world about the commitment of African leaders to close the impunity gap. But the reaction of African leaders after the indictment of the Sudanese president by the International Criminal Court (ICC) raises some concerns from the international community as a whole.