Simone gbagbo

The International Criminal Court has dropped its arrest warrant for Ivory Coast's former president's lady, Simone Gbagbo, following violence following the 2010-2011 election that killed thousands, according to a decision released on Thursday.…

The future ex-wife of Laurent Gbagbo speaks in an open letter and a video published on social networks. A letter that has been picked up and commented on by many Ivorian media, including the daily Our way, near the FPI, the former presidential party. Here is what this paper says: “After the scenes that were considered humiliating towards him at the airport during the arrival of her future ex-husband, June 17, and the media…

For the first time since her husband's return to Côte d'Ivoire on June 17, the former lady speaks in a video posted on her social networks. Simone Gbagbo welcomes this return and asks for further support for reconciliation. Without ever referring to the divorce proceedings initiated by the former president. It's a video of just…

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 is filing for divorce. According to a press release signed by one of his lawyers, the former Ivorian president arrested a judge in a marriage case on Monday, June 21, 2021. The consequence, according to him, "of the repeated refusal for several years by Dame Simone Ehivet to agree to a friendly separation". Laurent and Simone Gbagbo married in 1989. She co-founded the Front populaire…

Laurent Gbagbo now has his two passports, one diplomatic one. The two sesams were given to him by the Ivorian authorities in Brussels on Friday, December 4. A long-awaited return to the Ivory Coast where many hope it will lead to political reconciliation. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre Pinto"One thing is clear here," former…