[01:05.91]for the current crisis to be resolved within 48 hours saying he won’t be dictator, too.
[01:12.44]He is also insisted on his constitutional legitimacy as elected president.
[01:17.07]A court in Senegal has charged the former president of Chad Hissene Habre with war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture.
[01:26.27]Rights groups estimate that 40, 000 people were killed during Mr. Habre’s authoritarian rule which lasted eight years until 1990.
[01:34.69]Thomas Fessy reports.
[01:36.08]The victims’ main lawyer, Jacqueline Moudeina has told the BBC that 13 years after Mr. Habre’s first indictment which was then dropped by the Senegalese authorities.
[01:47.86]These charges came as a great relief.
[01:50.55]Mr. Habre has been living in exile in Senegal ever since he was overthrown in a coup in 1990.
[01:57.73]One of his lawyers, El Hadji Diouf said he remained confidence the truth would eventually emerge for Mr. Habre to be cleared.
[02:05.79]Portugal’s prime minister has said he is determined to continue in government even after the attempted resignation on Tuesday of the country’s foreign minister
[02:14.13] who’s also the leader of the junior partner in the governing coalition.
[02:17.67]On Monday the country’s finance minister resigned. He had been overseen the government’s efforts to reduce Portugal’s debt.