ICC on Trump's sanctions: 'We will ride the storm'
One week since US President Trump reimposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang defended the ICC’s work and urged member states to help it 'ride the storm.'
Speaking to the BBC’s Marco Oriunto he also said investigations in alleged war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are underway but that gathering evidence amidst increase violence has been challenging.
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