By Godfred Zina After emerging from the ashes of the 2010–11 post-election violence – a crisis that left over 3,000 dead and deepened national fractures –...
Reuters | Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is meeting on Thursday with his predecessors and longtime rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie in an effort...
In many cases, the ICC’s pattern of inconsistently pursuing cases has also made it seem like a partisan institution among post-conflict communities, a perception that politicizes...
Ouattara, has officially welcomed Gbagbo's return, seeing it as a key to easing the country's entrenched problems.
AFP | Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, who returned home last month a decade after falling from power, will meet ex-president Henri Konan Bedie this...
Gbagbo was acquitted in 2019, after prosecutors failed to prove their case.
Gbagbo plans to return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after ICC acquittal
Former first lady Simone Gbagbo was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison by an Ivory Coast court for her part in post-election violence that killed...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. PHOTO/File Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday received the endorsement of former president Henri Konan Bedie for re-election...
The Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) is working to move away from it’s bitter past as the country consolidates its democratic gains. According to the country’s president...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. PHOTO/Reuters/Charles Platiau Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his Cabinet on Wednesday, officials said, in a sudden and surprising turn of...
Former Liberia President Charles Taylor. PHOTO/AFP In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war...
Laurent Gbagbo. PHOTO/Sia Kambou / AFP – Getty Images Ivory Coast’s ousted leader Laurent Gbagbo was set Tuesday to be transferred to the International Criminal Court...
The International Criminal Court‘s (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said up to six people will be probed for involvement in post-election atrocities in Ivory Coast (Côte...
African leaders gave immediate former French president Jacques Chirac (pictured) and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns,...
Laurent Gbagbo and his wife charged with crimes ranging from armed robbery to looting.
Twelve members of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo's inner circle have been indicted for crimes relating to the post-electoral crisis that left over 3,000 dead.
