African exodus from ICC must be stopped, says Kofi Annan

Crimes will go unpunished if states withdraw from international criminal court, says ex-UN secretary generalThe apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of the ICC’s chief architects, has warned.Burundi, Gambia and South Africa said this year they would no longer recognise the court’s jurisdiction and announced their intention to quit.