Laurent Gbagbo

While supporters of Laurent Gbagbo are jubilant, part of the Ivory Coast view is insulted to see the former president definitively acquitted, rehabilitated given the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he was indicted. Do you understand the plight of the victims, who saw him as responsible for the prejudices they suffered during the war that took place when he was head of…

The Ivorian Charles Blé Goudé was Minister of Youth during the crisis following the 2010-2011 elections in Côte d'Ivoire. This Wednesday, March 31, the International Criminal Court confirmed its acquittal at the same time as former President Laurent Gbagbo. The two men are definitely innocent of the crimes against humanity for which they were charged. The ICC's Board of Appeal also repeals all remaining conditions when they are released. Charles Blé Goudé answers Stéphanie Maupas, RFI correspondent in The Hague, the…

On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the ICC Board of Appeal reaffirmed the decision to acquit war crimes and crimes against humanity in favor of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. After more than ten years of proceedings before the ICC, the former Ivorian president and his former youth minister, who live in Belgium and the Netherlands respectively, are therefore cleared. The question now arises as to their…

This Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the ICC Board of Appeal reaffirmed the decision to acquit war crimes and crimes against humanity in favor of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. What impact will this court decision have on their political projects? How in Côte d'Ivoire will the former president be organized? To talk about it, Bineta Diagne receives Habiba Touré, Laurent Gbagbo's personal lawyer. .

Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé were definitely acquitted. The ICC Court of Appeal announced its decision on Wednesday afternoon, March 31, in The Hague. A news eagerly awaited by the militants and sympathizers of the FPI, the party for Gbagbo, which caused scenes of cheering in the Ivory Coast. In the Selmer district of Yopougon, where our correspondent went Sidy Yansane, maquis Tantie Margot has been transformed into a mini-cinema for live broadcasting of the ICC hearing. When the judge dismissed the prosecutor's…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, March 31, upheld the acquittal, announced in 2019, of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who has not been charged with crimes against humanity, and Charles Blé Goudé, former leader of the youth movement. the judges dismissed Fatoo Bensouda's appeal. A setback for the ICC prosecutor who leaves office on June 15.…

In the decision read by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji on Wednesday, the Board of Appeal of the International Criminal Court states that it rejects the prosecutor's appeal and confirms the decision at first instance. In January 2019, the former Ivorian president and former leader of the Young Patriots was acquitted. .

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The International Criminal Court of Appeals will deliver its judgment on 31 March at 15, The Hague time. The charge of crimes against humanity committed during the violence after the 2010 and 2011 elections, the former head of state and his short-lived minister were acquitted in January 2019. But the prosecutor had appealed against this acquittal. Therefore, reply on March 31st. What are the possible…

After a three-day wait, the result of the legislative election fell on March 6 on Tuesday. The Electoral Commission therefore announced the victory of the ruling party, the RHDP (Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la democratie et la paix), which therefore retains its majority. The opposition now represents 36% of the seats, while those close to Laurent Gbagbo returned after 10 years of absence.…