By LUCAS BARASAMore by this AuthorThe European Union (EU) has urged African countries not to leave the International Criminal Court. Head of EU delegation to the African Union Ranieri Sabatucci said the countries should remain in the Rome Statute. The EU also signed a euro 2.5 million contract with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and a euro 2 million contract with the African Court on Human and Peoples; Rights. The three year contracts are part of the euro 10 million EU support aimed at strengthening the African Human Rights under the EU Pan-African Programme. Tanzania Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan praised the AU's achievements on human rights and called for more efforts "towards full realisation of human rights of our citizens."

Source: Daily Nation November 23, 2016 16:27 UTC