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The African Union has endorsed Kenya’s request to delay the International Criminal Court trial of those accused of organising post-election violence.<\/p>\n

Kenya says it wants the six suspects named by the ICC to be tried at home.
\nIt had failed to set up a local tribunal to investigate the 2007-8 clashes but says it will now do so.
\nAs the AU ended its summit, its new chairman, Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, also dismissed criticism of his human rights record.
\n“My country is democratic and holds elections. In presidential elections the people are free, they choose the candidate they want,” he said.
\nHuman rights groups accuse his government of rigging election, oppressing the opposition and corruption and say he should not have been chosen to lead the AU for the next year.
\nThe AU also extended the mandate of Somalia’s parliament by two years, meaning it can choose a new government when its term expires in August.
\n‘National sovereignty’<\/p>\n

The six Kenyans who the ICC wants to put on trial are mostly very senior politicians – allies of both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n

They include Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, the former police chief and two ministers.
\nLast year, Kenyan MPs voted to pull out of the ICC after the six were named.
\nPresident Kibaki said that having the trial in Kenya “will boost our efforts [for] peace, justice and reconciliation as well as uphold our national dignity and sovereignty; and prevent the resumption of conflict and violence”.
\nSome 1,200 people died and more than 500,000 fled their homes in the violence following the disputed election in December 2007.
\nIt ended when President Kibaki and his rival Mr Odinga agreed to share power, with Mr Odinga becoming prime minister.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

ICC Suspects<\/h2>\n

Kibaki allies<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Uhuru Kenyatta (above), deputy PM and finance minister<\/li>\n
  • Francis Kirimi Muthaura, secretary to the cabinet<\/li>\n
  • Mohammed Hussein Ali, former police chief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Odinga allies<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Henry Kosgey, minister for industrialisation<\/li>\n
    • William Ruto, suspended education minister<\/li>\n
    • Joshua Arap Sang, radio executive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

      In the peace deal they signed it was agreed perpetrators would face justice in Kenya or at the ICC in The Hague.<\/p>\n

      The AU also wants the ICC to defer its attempts to prosecute Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir over alleged war crimes committed in Darfur.
      \nSome African leaders have accused the ICC of ignoring war crimes elsewhere in the world and only going after suspects in Africa.
      \nAU Commission Chairman Jean Ping accused journalists of harassing President Obiang at a news conference after the summit.
      \nMr Obiang seized power in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea from his uncle in a 1979 coup.
      \nIn 2008, he was re-elected with 95% of the votes.
      \nHe has previously denied charges of corruption and human rights abuses.
      \nIn his acceptance speech on Sunday, Mr Obiang said: “The concept of democracy, human rights and good governance are not new to Africa, but they should be adapted to the African culture.”
      \nBut Alioune Tine, from the Senegal-based African Assembly for the Defence of Human Rights (Raddho), told the AP news agency:
      \n“Neither the African Union, nor Africans, deserve a leader whose regime is notorious for abuses, corruption and a total disregard for the welfare of its people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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