Chad's former leader Hissene Habre was arrested on Sunday in Senegal, where he has been living in freely in exile for 22 years despite accusations of political killing and torture during his time in power, Reuters quoted a court spokesman as saying. Habre, who led Chad between 1982 and 1990, will be tried in a special court set up this year by Senegalese authorities in agreement with the African Union. The case against Habre follows years of procrastinating by Senegal under former president Abdoulaye Wade. It will be first time the former leader of an African state has been tried by another. "He was arrested this morning and placed in police custody after a request by the prosecutor," said Marcel Mendy, the court's spokesman. Mendy did not give any further details on the arrest. Habre is not actually expected to appear at the court before early 2015 as investigations by the court's prosecutors are ongoing.
