The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come under heavy criticism, particularly from the African Union (AU), for disproportionately targeting Africa.
In its 13 year history, the court has only charged African nationals, but perhaps more interestingly, some regions within continent are more likely to attract the attention of the Court than others.
The wider eastern Africa region leads the continent in having the most active cases at the Hague-based Court.
Of the 29 cases currently before the ICC, 25 are from the Eastern and Central African region - a list that not only includes rebel leaders and senior military generals, but also a former vice president, a current vice president and a sitting head of state.
In East Africa, authorities in Kenya are still reeling from the recent decision by ICC judges to admit recanted evidence from five witnesses in the cases against the country's Deputy President William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang.
Mr Ruto is the last high profile Kenyan individual charged at the Court over the 2007 post-election violence that lead to the deaths of over 1,000 people and displaced more than 600,000. Read more
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