Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) greets senior government officials at the State House after his case at the International Criminal Court was dropped, in the capital Nairobi, December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Prosecutors dropped charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, marking a failure for the International Criminal Court in the highest-profile case in its 11-year history.
Judges in The Hague had on Wednesday given prosecutors a week to decide whether to proceed against Kenyatta, who was accused of fomenting ethnic violence after the 2007 election, or withdraw the charges.
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