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| Kenya leader Uhuru Kenyatta's ICC trial shelved | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 to supply 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. | 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. | Mr Kenyatta's lawyers have repeatedly said the whole case should be dropped because of a lack of evidence. |
| They, and the victims' legal representatives, now have until 10 September to respond to the adjournment request. | |
| Mr Kenyatta was elected in 2012, despite facing the charges. | |
| Analysts said he turned the prosecution to his advantage, portraying it as foreign intervention in Kenya's domestic affairs. | |
| In 2007, Mr Kenyatta was a close ally of President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the election winner despite claims of fraud from his rival Raila Odinga. | |
| The disputes soon turned violent, with targeted killings along ethnic lines, pitting members of the Kikuyu ethnic group of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Kibaki against other communities. | |
| Mr Kenyatta is accused of organising an ethnic Kikuyu gang, the Mungiki sect, to attack rival groups - charges he denies. | |
| His Vice-President, William Ruto, faces similar charges, although he was on Mr Odinga's side during the violence. |