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FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo announces push for new party

By AFP

Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday proposed setting up a new political party, his deeply divided Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) announced.

  • Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (R) welcomes his predecessor and former rival Laurent Gbagbo (L) at the presidential palace in Abidjan, on 27 July2021 for their first talks since Gbagbo returned last month from Europe after a nearly 10-year absence. Picture: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP

    Conflict 'behind us', Ivory Coast's Ouattara says after greeting rival

    Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara offered a hearty welcome to his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday as the rivals met for the first time since the West African country's deadly 2010-11 conflict, saying the turmoil was 'behind us'.

    376 days ago
  • Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara delivers a speech on 14 December 2020 during his inauguration ceremony in Abidjan. Picture: AFP

    I. Coast President Ouattara to meet ex-rival Gbagbo

    The long-awaited talks are widely seen in Ivory Coast as a key to easing the country's simmering political tensions.

    383 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo says ICC is biased and 'not serious'

    Gbagbo's first comments on the trial and his acquittal since his return to Ivory Coast after a 10-year absence, was met with rousing cheers from supporters in his home village of Mama in southwest Ivory Coast.

    405 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo heads home after war crimes acquittal

    The 76-year-old's homecoming will be a key test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer and the wealthiest country in francophone West Africa.

    417 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    In test for Ivory Coast, controversial ex-president Gbagbo heading home

    Gbagbo was ousted in April 2011 after a war sparked by his refusal to accept electoral defeat at the hands of Alassane Ouattara, the current president.

    419 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    ICC upholds acquittal of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo

    The first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal, 75-year-old Gbagbo gave the thumbs up as appeals judges confirmed that he was finally in the clear over a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-11.

    494 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast's Gbagbo awaits crucial ICC ruling

    Gbagbo, 75, and his former youth leader Charles Ble Goude were cleared of crimes against humanity in 2019 over a wave of post-electoral violence in the west African nation more than a decade ago.

    497 days ago
  • Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara delivers a speech on 14 December 2020 during his inauguration ceremony in Abidjan. Picture: AFP

    Ouattara's party wins majority in Ivory Coast parliament vote

    The vote passed off peacefully and for the first time in a decade included all of the country's main political players, providing hope that Ivory Coast has begun to emerge from recent turbulence.

    517 days ago
  • FILE: This file photo taken on January 28, 2016 shows former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo looking on before the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Picture: AFP.

    Ivory Coast minister to meet ex-president Gbagbo to discuss return

    Gbagbo, 75, was ousted in April 2011 after refusing to concede electoral defeat to Ouattara, triggering violence that claimed around 3,000 lives.

    535 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    Ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo plans to return home this month

    Laurent Gbagbo was forced out by his rival, Alassane Ouattara, after a brief but bloody civil war that claimed some 3,000 lives.

    612 days ago
  • FILE: President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara. Picture: United Nations

    Ivory Coast's Ouattara lashes banned presidential bids as 'provocation'

    In an interview published on Thursday by the French magazine 'Paris Match', the 78-year-old incumbent fired a verbal broadside at former president Laurent Gbagbo and ex-rebel chief Guillaume Soro.

    683 days ago
  • Ivorian anti-riot police arrive to disperse young demonstrators that burnt barricades in the road during a protest against the third term of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in the Riviera Anono district of Abidjan on 13 August 2020, ahead of country's presidential election in October 2020. Picture: AFP

    Anger flares in Ivory Coast after election candidates barred

    Also barred was former rebel leader turned prime minister Guillaume Soro, 47, a onetime Ouattara ally who had been sentenced to 20 years in absentia over alleged embezzlement.

    692 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast former president, ex-rebel rejected in election bid - official

    President Alassane Ouattara's decision to contest a third term in October has already triggered outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it a "coup" that risked triggering chaos.

    716 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ex-Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo wants unconditional release

    The ICC, the world’s first permanent war crimes court, acquitted Gbagbo on crimes against humanity charges in January last year, saying prosecutors had failed to prove any case against him.

    913 days ago
  • FILE: This file photo taken on January 28, 2016 shows former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo looking on before the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Picture: AFP.

    Ex-Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo wants unconditional release

    The ICC, the world’s first permanent war crimes court, acquitted Laurent Gbagbo on crimes against humanity charges on 15 January, saying prosecutors had failed to prove any case against him.

    914 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Gbagbo lawyer asks ICC to free Ivory Coast ex-leader

    Laurent Gbagbo faced charges on four counts of crimes against humanity over the 2010-2011 bloodshed which following a disputed vote in the West African nation.

    1035 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    ICC prosecutor will appeal Gbagbo's acquittal

    The court acquitted Gbagbo on crimes against humanity charges on 15 January saying prosecutors had failed to prove any case against him.

    1056 days ago
  • FILE: President of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara. Picture: United Nations Photo

    Ouattara says 'someone must be responsible' for poll deaths

    ICC judges acquitted Gbagbo and his aide Charles Ble Goude on charges stemming from a wave of violence after disputed elections in the west African nation in 2010.

    1274 days ago
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