S.Africa’s Ramaphosa says ruling party wants country to quit ICC

South Africa’s ruling ANC has called for the country, which has been criticized since the start of the war in Ukraine for its closeness to Moscow, to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday.

The Hague-based ICC issued an arrest warrant in March for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war crime of “deporting” Ukrainian children.

Pretoria is due to host a summit of the BRICS – a group of…