Kenya: Bensouda Requests Indefinite Adjournment of Uhuru Case Due to Lack of Evidence

5 September 2014

The International Criminal Court case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta collapsed on Friday when prosecutors conceded the country's refusal to cooperate meant they would not have enough evidence to put him on trial.

The decision to halt the much-delayed trial, which was due to start on October 7, is a serious blow to the decade-old war crimes tribunal, which has suffered from a string of collapsed cases and accusations it singles out Africans for prosecution.

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