The election of British lawyer Karim Ahmad Khan on 12 February as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court comes as it is still struggling to establish its credibility two decades after its foundation and having chalked up just five successful prosecutions...
Africa Confidential has seen correspondence detailing Nairobi's hostility to the candidacy of Ireland's Fergal Gaynor who was runner-up to Karim Ahmad Khan in the final round of voting in New York on 12 February...
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Muthaura's British lawyer Karim Ahmad Khan who defended former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone also at the Hague stressed that his client had not made 'any adverse comments' or done anything that would be a 'cause for concern' and did not want the public listening in Kenya to think otherwise...
