Ex-Chad leader Habre faces war crimes charges - prosecutor

Mbacke Fall, head of the Extraordinary African Chambers, a special court set up this year by Senegalese authorities in agreement with the African Union, speaks to journalists at a news conference in Dakar July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad's former president Hissene Habre will be charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture at a special court in Senegal, a legal official said on Monday, a day after the ex-leader's arrest.

Habre, 71, was detained in Senegal where he has been living in exile for 22 years since he was overthrown in a coup.