Addis Ababa — The African Union (AU) has expressed dismay after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) disregarded pan-African body's requests to defer the ICC trials of sitting African head of states.
In a statement issued on Saturday the AU said the requests "has not yielded the positive result expected." The AU was referring to the cases of Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto who are accused by the International Criminal Court of committing crimes against humanity.
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