NAIROBI (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity directed at Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan television reported on Friday.
FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, center-left, arrives for the burial ceremony of his nephew Mbugua Mwangi and Mwangi’s fiancee Rosemary Wahito, who were both killed in the Westgate Mall terrorist attack, at the burial site in the village of Ichawara, Kenya. A new poll released Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 by Ipsos Synovate says two out of three people in Kenya want to see their president report to the International Criminal Court to respond to charges of crimes against humanity. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)uhuru
The Hague-based court had on Wednesday given the prosecution a week to decide whether to proceed with their case against Kenyatta, who was accused of fomenting ethnic violence after the 2007 election, or to withdraw the charges.