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Chad recently decided to exit from the International Criminal Court, which is engrossed only in the selective investigation of African countries.

According to a statement of its Foreign Ministry, nine out of the thirteen investigations launched by the International Criminal Court are related to African countries. 

Stressing that Chad’s exit from the International Criminal Court does not mean its evasion of responsibility, the statement said that the country still devotes itself to prosecuting war and other grave crimes and expressed the conviction that the courts of African countries and African regional organizations will be able to achieve justice for victims.

It also called on the African Union and its member states to establish a “more equal, balanced, reliable and effective continental judicial system” that strengthens judicial organs and guarantees the sovereignty of Africa.

Meanwhile, Cote d’Ivoire decried the EU’s financing of the separatist forces in the country as an act of prolonging the instability of the country and hindering the restoration of peace and economic recovery.

At a press conference, representatives of its government said that there is a possibility that the financial resources provided for “humanitarian aid” have been diverted to the armed organization through illegal channels, and demanded the EU conduct a thorough investigation into this and tighten supervision over the financial assistance organization.

Burkina Faso recently declared the severance of diplomatic relations with France which supported the terrorists seeking government overthrow and Nicaragua also announced that it would sever diplomatic relations with Italy which accused it of being a shelter for terrorists.

Accusations are continuously being hurled at the United States as it uses tariffs as a lever for blackmail, violence and interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

As is known, the US imposed new tariffs on 60 countries most recently alone.

This has triggered a strong backlash from many countries.

The Canadian prime minister said that retaliatory measures to be taken in response to the US tariffs are being examined, adding that his government would do everything possible to defend the interests of the country and the Norwegian foreign minister condemned the US’ decision to impose tariffs as a unilateral act and an unreasonable behaviour.

Australian government officials strongly demanded the US lift the new tariffs it announced on the pretext of “preventing forced labour”, asserting they go against the trade agreement between the two countries.

The international trend of rejecting outside forces’ arbitrary moves and interference in others’ internal affairs is growing day by day all over the world.