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Police forces fire tear gas as crowds celebrate the return of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo in the streets of Abidjan. Gbagbo returns home for the first time in a decade after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity. IMAGES
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
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.
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.
Supporters of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo cheer the moment that International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges uphold his acquittal of crimes against humanity during 2010 post-election violence. More 3,000 people died in the unrest when Gbagbo refused to cede power to the winner of the elections, his rival Alassane Ouattara. Gbagbo supporters followed the ICC ruling via videolink at home in Ivory Coast. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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