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THE 50th African Union(AU)anniversary celebrations earlier this year in Addis Ababa were overshadowed by calls for the International Criminal Court(ICC)to drop their investigations against the Kenyan leadership.AU member states,through a joint resolution,demanded that the ICC terminate its investigation for crimes against humanity leveled against the newly-elected President,Uhuru Kenyatta,and his deputy,William Ruto.The two are implicated in the violence that rocked the country following the general elections in 2007-08,in which more than 1,000 people lost their lives.The Ethiopian Prime Minister,Hailemariam Desalegn,who is the current AU chairman,implied that the ICC’s motivation was inspired more by racism than the need to seek justice.
THE 50th African Union (AU) anniversary celebrations earlier this year in Addis Ababa were overshadowed by calls for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop their investigations against the Kenyan leadership. AU member states, through a joint resolution, demanded that the ICC Terminate its investigation for crimes against humanity leveled against the newly-elected President, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his deputy, William Ruto. The two are implicated in the violence that rocked the country following the general elections in 2007-08, in which more than 1,000 people lost their lives.The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is the current AU chairman, implied that the ICC’s motivation was inspired more by racism than the need to seek justice.