ICC excuses Kenya's deputy president from big parts of Hague trial


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2014

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - International Criminal Court judges excused Kenyan deputy president William Ruto from large parts of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity on Wednesday in a ruling that could help defuse tensions with Kenya's African allies.

Ruto and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta face separate charges of orchestrating ethnic violence that swept East Africa's economic powerhouse after the country's 2007 elections, when 1,200 people were killed.

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