Kenya´s Uhuru Kenyatta is due on Wednesday to become the first sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court, summoned over his floundering trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
The powerful east African leader is to be heard by the Hague-based tribunal after judges said the case against him for allegedly masterminding post-election violence in 2007-2008 was at a “critical juncture”.
Kenyatta, 52, faces five counts at the ICC over his alleged role in orchestrating unrest in 2007 and 2008 that left 1,200 people dead and 600,000 displaced.
