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After a decade of absence, former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, 2021. FRANCE 24's team was on board the flight with the former president. In this exclusive documentary, Gbagbo reflects on his political career and acquittal by the International Criminal…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the long-awaited political meeting will take place next Tuesday. President Alassane Ouattara invites his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo to meet him at the Presidential Palace on July 27. Since the former head of state returned last month after his acquittal at the ICC, the country has remained closed following the announcement of this first meeting, which is intended to mark an important…

This last tribute, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, will be held in Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa. A celebration in the presence of Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The body of the late cardinal in the DRC must then be buried in the cathedral along with his predecessors. With our special correspondent…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the plane landed from Paris with the remains of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo on the afternoon of Sunday 18 July at Kinshasa Airport. The former archbishop of the DRC capital died on July 11, aged 81, in Versailles, near the French capital. He will have spent a large part of his life fighting for democracy. Many personalities were present at Ndjili International…

Laurent Gbagbo continues his stay in Kinshasa. The former Ivorian president met on Tuesday, July 6, in Kinshasa with his former comrades and prisoners from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A total of six Congolese, including former warlords, were invited to this reunion. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiLaurent…

The first voyage outside the Ivorian borders of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, after ten years at the ICC. He arrived in Kinshasa on Friday, July 2, early in the evening. A discreet journey: no picture of his arrival has been leaked on social networks. Gbagbo's stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo responds to Jean-Pierre Bemba's invitation.…

Two weeks after the return of Laurent Gbagbo, several questions arise. Why is the former Ivorian president's first step in seeking a divorce from Simone Gbagbo? Why does he say he is a "soldier of attention"? Will Laurent Gbagbo return to try to win the 2025 presidential election or to prepare for the legacy of the Ivorian Popular Front, the party he created 39 years ago? Sylvain N'guessan is a political analyst and head of the Abidjan Strategy Institute. Online from the Ivory Coast, he answers questions from…

Laurent Gbagbo returned to Abidjan on Tuesday, June 29, after less than forty-eight hours in his home country in the western part of the country. Before leaving the village of Mama, the former president attended a traditional "purification" ceremony in the morning, during which the traditional leaders symbolically washed him from his former condition of prisoners, marking his return to society. But this…

For his second visit to his village of Mama, Laurent Gbagbo received in his residence more than 200 traditional leaders and local officials of his party. After a ten-year absence, including eight in custody, the former president spoke for more than 35 minutes, punctured his remarks with anecdotes and presented himself as the victim of a political trial. Under the impressive appatamen sitting in the middle of the park in his Mama home, Laurent Gbagbo, sky blue shirt, stands up to speak. A few words in béte, finally, "he…

After ten years of absence, the native child finally arrived at his mother and was greeted with phenomenal cheers. With our special correspondent in Mom, François Hume-FerkatadjiNobody believed it anymore, the wait was so long. But Laurent Gbagbo arrived at 18.00 at Mother. A completely uncontrollable love followed, the police…