African Union backs Kenyatta trial in Kenya
AU rejects International Criminal Court case on alleged role of president in post-election violence in 2007.
Published On 26 May 2013
African Union leaders have backed a request from Kenya to have its president tried at home, rather than by the International Criminal Court.
Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted for his alleged role in post-election violence in 2007, when more than 1,000 people died.
Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from the AU summit in Addis Ababa.
Source: Al Jazeera