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Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Legnan Koula) Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Ivory Coast today after ten years of being extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) where he was tried for alleged crimes against humanity.
Thousands of supporters give Ivory Coast's controversial former president Laurent Gbagbo a hero's welcome as he makes a triumphant return to his home village. The village of Mama, in the southwest of the West African country, has been a hive of activity in anticipation of the visit since Gbagbo arrived back in Ivory Coast from Europe on June 18 after being definitively acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC). IMAGES
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return to his home village of Mama in the Gagnoa region of west-central Ivory Coast, which he was forced to leave ten years ago. IMAGES
Abidjan, Jun 17 (EFE/EPA).- Former president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday returned to Ivory Coast for the first time in nearly 10 years, after he was cleared of crimes against humanity.Gbagbo returned from his exile in Brussels after ICC appeals judges on 31 March 2021 upheld the acquittals of Gbagbo and Goude who were both in 2019 acquitted from the charges of war crimes allegedly committed during post-electoral violence in Ivory Coast between December 2010 and April 2011. (Camera: LEGNAN KOULA).SHOT LIST: POLICE DISPERSING SUPPORTERS OF FORMER IVORY COAST PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO IN ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo arrives in Ivory Coast after ten years in exile, having been acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. IMAGES
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