Kenya to set up election violence tribunal

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor on Tuesday commended Kenya's political leaders — and even four suspects accused of orchestrating mass violence — for cooperating with the international tribunal, saying that Kenya is "showing a 21st-century model to manage conflict."

Luis Moreno-Ocampo said it could take 18 months or more to bring to trial four Kenyans charged with crimes against humanity for violence that followed the country's 2007 presidential election. More than 1,000 people died.

Kenya will hold elections this year or early in 2013, and the trial timeline set out by Moreno-Ocampo sets up the possibility Kenya could elect a president who …