Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he is "vindicated" after the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor dropped the case against him.
"I have repeatedly declared my innocence to the people of Kenya and the whole world," Kenyatta said in a statement on Friday.
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"I repeat this even now: as relates the incidents comprising the Kenyan cases at the ICC, my conscience is absolutely clear."
Kenyatta said the case had badly damaged the reputation of the ICC. This was the ICC's highest profile case in its 11 year history.
"For the prosecutor to sustain an obviously deficient case for so long demonstrates beyond doubt the intensity of pressure exerted by improper interests to pollute and undermine the philosophy of international justice," he said.
He accused ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of choosing "to selectively pursue cases in a blatantly biased manner that served vested interests" and undermined justice.
Kenyatta, 53, faced five charges including murder, rape and deportation for allegedly masterminding post-election violence in the east African country in 2007-08 in which more than 1200 people died and 600,000 were displaced.
The ICC pressed charges against Kenyatta and other Kenyans after Nairobi missed a series of agreed deadlines to prosecute alleged perpetrators of the violence.
Kenyatta vowed to fight on until two remaining cases at the ICC against Kenyans, including one against his vice president, William Ruto, are dropped.
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