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Habre, who ruled in Chad from 1982-1990, is facing charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture before the Extraordinary African Chambers, a special tribunal created to try him in the Senegalese courts.

Chadian dictator Hissene Habre went on trial yesterday in Senegal, a quarter of a century after his blood-soaked reign came to an end, in a trial seen as a test case for African justice.

He was escorted from the courtroom by security men and refused to return.