Kenya: Deputy President Must Attend Trial

Kenya's deputy president William Ruto will have to attend his Hague trial for crimes against humanity after an appeals chamber reversed a previous ruling excusing him from most sessions.

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) had appealed against the June 18 ruling by the trial chamber, which would have allowed him to be absent so as to conduct his duties as deputy head of state.

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