South Africa: President Ramaphosa 'Erroneously' Announces SA's Withdrawal From International Criminal Court

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Ramaphosa Announces Country's Withdrawal From ICC, Then Presidency Says He Was Mistaken: SouthAfrica

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa attends 36th Ordinary Session of African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 2023.After the announcement, the Helen Suzman Foundation's Nicole Fritz tweeted: 'Hope whoever briefed the President gives him a fulsome apology. Diplomatic crises resulting from failure to read the text properly!!'

At an earlier joint press conference with visiting Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said the government had decided,"It's prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC largely because of the manner in which the ICC has been dealing with these types of problems."

 

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