South Africa’s president and ANC sow confusion over leaving ICC

Cyril Ramaphosa renews efforts to leave court over arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin but his party says otherwise

South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has announced that the country wwill resume its efforts to leave the international criminal court (ICC) in the wake of an arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin.

But there was confusion over the real position of Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC), as the party put out a statement the same day saying South Africa's effort to withdraw from the court should be rescinded.