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| Kenya leader Uhuru Kenyatta's ICC trial shelved | |
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| Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked for the case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to be adjourned indefinitely. | Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked for the case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to be adjourned indefinitely. |
| ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she still did not have enough evidence to proceed with the trial, which was due to resume next month. | ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she still did not have enough evidence to proceed with the trial, which was due to resume next month. |
| The trial has already been delayed several times, with key witnesses pulling out. | |
| Mr Kenyatta denies organising ethnic massacres after the 2007 election. | Mr Kenyatta denies organising ethnic massacres after the 2007 election. |
| He is charged with crimes against humanity after some 1,200 people were killed and 600,000 driven from their homes. | |
| Africa's leaders have lobbied for the case to be dropped, accusing the ICC of only investigating alleged atrocities in Africa. | |
| Ms Bensouda, a Gambian national, denies this, arguing that she is standing up for the African victims. | |
| She accused Mr Kenyatta's government of failing to fulfil its obligations to the court in supplying information she has requested. | |
| She said the case should be delayed "until such time the government of Kenya executes the [prosecution's] revised request in full. | |
| Mr Kenyatta's lawyers have repeatedly said the whole case should be dropped because of a lack of evidence. |