UN court to say if Myanmar genocide case can proceed


Hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya fled Myanmar during the 2017 crackdown. - AFP

The Hague (AFP): The UN's highest court will decide on Friday whether to throw out a case lodged by The Gambia against military-ruled Myanmar for the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

The west African nation accused Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2019 of breaching the UN genocide convention over a bloody 2017 crackdown.

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