Kenyan politician Uhuru Kenyatta was charged by the ICC with orchestrating crimes against humanity in 2007-08 during violence that followed disputed presidential elections in 2007.
He appeared voluntarily before the ICC after being issued with a summons to appear in March 2011. Following the opening of the ICC case, Kenyatta made a successful bid for the Kenyan presidency with another ICC suspect from across the political divide, William Ruto.
As the trial was set to open in December 2014 after several postponements, the charges were withdrawn for lack of evidence due to the withdrawal of key prosecution witnesses
. The ICC prosecutor alleges widespread witness-tampering in the case and that the Kenyan government failed to cooperate with or provide key evidence.
The case may reopen should further evidence come to light.