African Union accuses International Criminal Court of racial bias

AU makes claim as ICC tries to put Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on trial

Bill Corcoran
The African Union agreed to oppose the International Criminal Court’s efforts to put Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta (above), and his deputy, William Ruto, on trial later this year at The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. Photograph: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

The African Union agreed to oppose the International Criminal Court’s efforts to put Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta (above), and his deputy, William Ruto, on trial later this year at The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. Photograph: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

The International Criminal Court has been accused by the African Union of conducting a race-based hunt against Africans at the close of the organisation’s three-day summit in Ethiopia.

The accusation was made on Monday evening as the AU agreed to oppose the ICC’s efforts to put Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his deputy, William Ruto, on trial later this year at The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.

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