The International Criminal Court closed the criminal proceedings against Kenya's president, Uhura Kenyatta, last Friday. The prosecutors' had raised charges that accused Kenyatta of post-election violence in Kenya. Kenyatta had previously appeared before the court in 2011 to face allegations of orchestrating and financing ethnic clashes after the elections of 2007, which had an aftermath of 1,200 deaths and 600,000 displaced form their homes. However, due to lack of evidence, the case had been postponed several times. Prosecutors attributed their lack of evidence to Kenyan authorities, who according to them, obscured the case by making important information unaccessible and intimidating and bribing witnesses. Even though the case is closed for now and it seems as if Kenyatta is safe, the court stated that it leaves open the possibility of reviving these charges or bringing new ones up in the future.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/world/africa/international-criminal-court-formally-ends-case-against-kenyas-president.html?ref=world
-Ricardo Morales
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