Former Chad president Hissene Habre sentenced to life

Former Chad president Hissene Habre, was convicted on Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his eight-year rule. The verdict capped a 16-year battle by victims and rights campaigners to bring the former strongman to justice in Senegal, where he fled after being ousted in a 1990 coup. Habre, 73, was sentenced to life in prison by the Special African Chamber, a tribunal created in 2013 by Senegal and the African Union. He was also convicted of rape. For more on this, Gosego Dingake spoke to Andrew Stroehlein, Media Director at Human Rights Watch, on the line from Senegal........