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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Belgium agrees to host Gbagbo awaiting appeal by ICC
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has had to agree to limit his movements and to be under surveillance in Belgium.
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Belgium to take in ex-Ivory Coast president Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo, now 73, was the first former head of state ever to stand trial at the ICC.
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ICC orders conditional release of former Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo
Judges agreed to release the 73-year-old ex-strongman and his aide Charles Ble Goude on condition that he lives an as-yet unspecified country pending an appeal by the prosecution.
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ICC prosecutors back bail for Ivory Coast's Gbagbo
Belgium has been floated as a possible option, as happened when the ICC released former DR Congo warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba in 2018.
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Ivory Coast ex-President Gbagbo should be freed: ICC judges
Head judge Cuno Tarfusser said the court "rejects the prosecution request to maintain them in detention", referring to Laurent Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude.
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ICC prosecutors to appeal acquittal of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo
Judges cleared Laurent Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude on Tuesday of charges of crimes against humanity over a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-11 in which around 3,000 people died.
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Ivory Coast’s Ggabo to hear today when he will be released from prison
Laurent Gbagbo has been cleared of crimes against humanity in connection with a post-electoral crisis in 2011 in which at least 3,000 people were killed.
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Laurent Gbagbo’s supporters celebrate ICC acquittal
Gbagbo was arrested for crimes against humanity in 2011 following post-electoral violence in the world’s number cocoa producer that left 3,000 people dead.
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ICC acquits former Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo
Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman, the first head of state to stand trial at the troubled ICC, and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude.
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War crimes court to rule on release of Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo
Tensions will be high in the Ivory Coast where about 200 victims gathered on Monday in Abidjan to urge the ICC to keep former president Laurent Gbagbo in jail.
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Former Ivorian leader seeks acquittal on war crimes charges
Gbagbo, 73, and Charles Blé Goudé, a close ally and former political youth leader, have been on trial since 2016 for war crimes allegedly committed under Gbagbo’s leadership.
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Ivory Coast ex-president demands freedom at ICC
Laurent Gbagbo (73) is the first-ever head of state to be handed over to the Hague-based ICC, where he has been on trial since 2016.
