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Burundi has become the first member state to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) a year after it lodged its notice of withdrawal.

The country's ambassador to the UK, Ernest Ndabashinze, told Focus on Africa that Burundi was protecting its sovereignty.

(Image: Members of Burundi's National Assembly voting to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in October 2016. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)