South Africa’s Ramaphosa says governing party wants ICC exit

The decision comes after an arrest warrant issued against Russia’s Putin and before a BRICS summit in South Africa later this year. President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party had resolved that South Africa should quit the International Criminal Court, which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The warrant against Putin in March means Pretoria, due to host the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc summit this year, would have to detain him on arrival. “Yes, the...