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Hissene Habre compelled to attend court sessions

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Chad’s former leader Hissene Habre is in court for the second day of his historic trial for crimes against humanity.

Proceedings in the court in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, were suspended on Monday, when Habre refused to return to the courtroom for the afternoon session, after he was thrown out in the morning for causing a disturbance. The judges ordered him to reappear.

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