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From the look of things, the cases against the three Kenyans facing charges at the ICC will now be heard in either Kenya or Tanzania. The discredited court appears to have succumbed to pressure from African leaders who petitioned recently in Addis Ababa that the hearings be held on African soil.
Among other things, the leaders led by Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, accused ICC of being biased against Africa and of being used by the West as a weapon against leaders who didn’t tow its line. They also pointed out that no Western leader has ever been charged at the ICC.
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