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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal moved closer to bringing a former Chadian dictator accused of war crimes to justice after the government announced Thursday that local laws would be revised and a special commission formed to organize and oversee his trial.
Hissene Habre, whose former regime is accused of killing and torturing thousands of people, was indicted by a Belgian court last year for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity under a law that allows the European country to prosecute such crimes wherever they're committed.
Senegalese courts have ruled they have no jurisdiction to try Habre, who lives in exile in a villa in Senegal's seaside capital. But Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade agreed during an African Union summit in Gambia in July that his government would try the ex-dictator under an African Union mandate.
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