Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of targeting Africans.

Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said in an announcement on state television that the court had ignored crimes committed by the West. He said, "not a single Western war criminal has been indicted". 

He blasted the ICC, saying, "despite being called the International Criminal Court, is in fact an International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of color, especially Africans".

The ICC was set up in 2002 to try the world's worst crimes but has been accused by African leaders of bias and racism.