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News24
January 26, 2018
Abidjan - Michel Gbagbo, son of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, was sentenced on Friday to six months' jail and a fine for "complicity in disclosing false news", his lawyer said. In an interview with the Koaci.com news website in May 2016, Gbagbo said "250 people are still in prison" after aÃÂ ...
africanews
January 25, 2018
In Ivory Coast, the conviction of relatives of former President Laurent Gbagbo is reviving criticism against the present administration of Alassane Ouattara. ... Many say the convictions are selective justice and a crackdown on rebels of only Laurent Gbagbo the former president while failing to prosecute thoseÃÂ ...
Eyewitness News
January 19, 2018
IVORY COAST - A court in Ivory Coast has sentenced a former adviser to ex-President Laurent Gbagbo to 15 years in jail for plotting to overthrow Gbagbo's successor, President Alassane Ouattara, the defendant's lawyer said on Friday. Moise Lida Kouassi, who once served as Gbagbo's defence minister,ÃÂ ...
Citizen
January 12, 2018
Moise Lida Kouassi, a defence minister under strongman Laurent Gbagbo, was convicted by a court in Abidjan of “conspiring to destroy or change the constitutional system” alongside three other defendants. Gbagbo was forced out after months of violence that followed his refusal to step down when rivalÃÂ ...
TheCable
January 2, 2018
In Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo forced the issue and ended up at The Hague. In Kenya, Raila Odinga, leader of the NASA opposition is about to start a shameless dance. He has again dismissed the outcome of the last Presidential elections in that country as unacceptable. In January 2018, he says weÃÂ ...
The Punch
January 2, 2018
Eventually, the Economic Community of West African States intervened and got him out. Before him, President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast had also refused to concede defeat in 2010 to Alassane Ouattara, creating tension in his country, until there was external intervention. In the southern part of Africa,ÃÂ ...
NPR
January 1, 2018
A decade ago, Laurent Gbagbo, then-president of Ivory Coast, launched the " 'African time' is killing Africa, let's fight it" campaign to promote punctuality. The recent video raises the question, do Kenyans and other Africans respect time? (Some, yes.) Are all Kenyans guilty? (No.) And why is some whiteÃÂ ...
Times LIVE
December 18, 2017
Hubert Oulaye, a former right-hand man to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, went on trial on Monday accused of a role in the death of 15 people, including seven UN peacekeepers. Oulaye, 64, is accused of using intermediaries to provide two million CFA francs ($5,300, €4,500) for purchasingÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 17, 2017
According to internal leaks disclosed by the French online newspaper Mediapart, Mr. Ocampo may have been involved not only in various opaque financial operations but also in setting up Laurent Gbagbo, the president of Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2011, for arrest even before he had any jurisdiction overÃÂ ...
The Standard
July 19, 2017
The ICC Appeals Chamber Wednesday declined to release former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo for the rest of his trial on charges arising from deadly election violence that rocked his nation in 2010. In a statement posted on the International Criminal Court's website, a three-judge bench directed TrialÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
December 31, 1999
The country's constitutional council declared Laurent Gbagbo the winner of the presidential run-off election, while the electoral commission and international community were convinced that Alasanne Ouattara had won. What followed was political violence which left at least 3,000 people dead. Gbagbo wasÃÂ ...
World Politics Review
December 31, 1999
It's been a busy few weeks for Cote d'Ivoire's courts. A spate of recent trials targeting high-profile members from the previous government, including former President Laurent Gbagbo himself, has redirected attention to the strikingly unbalanced pursuit of justice that has followed the West African country'sÃÂ ...
Face2Face Africa
December 31, 1999
Michel Gbagbo, the son of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced to six months in jail for “complicity in disclosing false news.” ... Laurent Gbagbo is currently on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for crimes against humanity during the 2010-11 political crisis.
Capital FM Kenya
December 31, 1999
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, ABIDJAN, Jan 19 – A former defence chief for the Ivory Coast's ousted leader was sentenced to 15 years on Thursday for conspiring against the government, the latest top aide of the former regime to be jailed. Moise Lida Kouassi, a defence minister under strongmanÃÂ ...
eNCA
December 31, 1999
Hubert Oulaye (64), ex-public works minister under former president Laurent Gbagbo, "provided the financial means to establish a rebellion in the west" of the country, the attorney general said. "The accomplice is sometimes more dangerous than the perpetrator," she added. Former Ivory Coast minister,ÃÂ ...
New Vision
December 31, 1999
Former President Laurent Gbagbo. Oulaye committed the atrocities when Gbagbo refused to step down after losing presidential polls. A former Ivorian minister was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for complicity in a 2012 attack in western Ivory Coast that killed 18 people, including seven UNÃÂ ...
eNCA
December 27, 2017
Hubert Oulaye (64), ex-public works minister under former president Laurent Gbagbo, "provided the financial means to establish a rebellion in the west" of the country, the attorney general said. "The accomplice is sometimes more dangerous than the perpetrator," she added. Former Ivory Coast minister,ÃÂ ...
New Vision
December 27, 2017
Former President Laurent Gbagbo. Oulaye committed the atrocities when Gbagbo refused to step down after losing presidential polls. A former Ivorian minister was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for complicity in a 2012 attack in western Ivory Coast that killed 18 people, including seven UNÃÂ ...
Times LIVE
December 19, 2017
Hubert Oulaye, a former right-hand man to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, went on trial on Monday accused of a role in the death of 15 people, including seven UN peacekeepers. Oulaye, 64, is accused of using intermediaries to provide two million CFA francs ($5,300, €4,500) for purchasingÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 17, 2017
According to internal leaks disclosed by the French online newspaper Mediapart, Mr. Ocampo may have been involved not only in various opaque financial operations but also in setting up Laurent Gbagbo, the president of Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2011, for arrest even before he had any jurisdiction overÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 1, 2017
The previous head-of-state, President Laurent Gbagbo, was overthrown at the aegis of paratroopers deployed from Paris. Gbagbo is now imprisoned in the Netherlands where he awaits trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over alleged crimes committed in Ivory Coast. His wife, former ...
Snopes.com
November 30, 2017
Prisoners from a militia loyal to Laurent Gbagbo are held in a garage on the northern outskirts of Abidjan April 9, 2011. Forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara by firing on his hotel headquarters in Abidjan.
FinalCall.com News
November 28, 2017
... especially between countries in the north and south of the continent, prompted France to orchestrate (Cote D'Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo's)Â ...
Daily Maverick
November 28, 2017
... President Alassane Ouattara would have invited Bashir to the summit, since the ICC is trying his arch-rival Laurent Gbagbo for alleged crimes ...
SaharaReporters.com
November 16, 2017
Laurent Gbagbo of FPI won the democratic election of 2000 which followed the coup. Nationalist currents ala ivorite had reached a scale in ...
The Standard
November 16, 2017
There was also the 2011 arrest of Cote d'ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo by fighters loyal to the then internationally acclaimed opposition ...
africanews
November 14, 2017
Question is: how did Laurent Gbagbo get himself in that mess? Like Jammeh, he lost an election in 2010 to incumbent Alassane Ouattara and ...
Center for Research on Globalization
October 28, 2017
... was installed in power by France in 2011 after the overthrow and kidnapping of former President Laurent Gbagbo and First Simone Gbagbo, ...
Sputnik International
October 27, 2017
28, 2016, a view of court room one where former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo wait the start of the trial at the new premises of the ...
africanews
October 26, 2017
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was transferred to the court in 2011 for allegations of organising, along with members of his inner ...
defenceWeb
September 27, 2017
The International Criminal Court said judges ordered former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to remain in detention during his war crimes ...
Eyewitness News
September 26, 2017
FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo casts his vote on October 31, 2010 at a polling station in Abidjan. Picture: AFP.
The Standard
July 19, 2017
The ICC Appeals Chamber Wednesday declined to release former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo for the rest of his trial on charges arising ...
Medafrica Times
December 31, 1999
The trial of Michel Gbagbo, the son of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, accused of broadcasting “fake news” has been postponed on ...
Independent Online
September 14, 2017
Banny was asked whether he or Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was in charge of the country, which has been in turmoil since fighting brokeÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 14, 2017
Paris - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was quoted as saying on Saturday French President Jacques Chirac had told him it wasÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 9, 2017
Abidjan - A top leader of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's party was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday on charges ofÃÂ ...
africanews
September 9, 2017
A group of allies of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, including at least one living in exile in neighbouring Ghana, are behind aÃÂ ...
News24
September 8, 2017
Abidjan - A group of people allied to Ivory Coast's former leader Laurent Gbagbo are behind a wave of recent attacks on police posts, theÃÂ ...
Eyewitness News
September 8, 2017
ABIDJAN - A group of allies of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, including at least one living in exile in neighbouring Ghana, areÃÂ ...
Voice of America
September 7, 2017
A group of allies of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, including at least one living in exile in neighboring Ghana, are behind aÃÂ ...
BusinessGhana
September 7, 2017
The team also had the opportunity to sit-in on the ongoing trial of the former Ivorian Strongman Laurent Gbagbo and Youth Leader Charles BleÃÂ ...
Daily Trust
September 6, 2017
It was quite impressive in the light of crooks like Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and the price paid to get both Charles Taylor and Laurent Gbagbo in.
Ghana News Agency
September 6, 2017
The team also had the opportunity to sit-in on the ongoing trial of the former Ivorian Strongman Laurent Gbagbo and Youth Leader Charles BleÃÂ ...
Newshub
September 4, 2017
The attacks threaten Ivoryu Coast's fragile peace that was achieved when then- president Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept his 2010 electoralÃÂ ...
ABC News
September 2, 2017
The 2010 presidential election in Ivory Coast, where some 3,000 people were killed after then-President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concedeÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
September 1, 2017
Mr Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent, on the other hand, had also been declared 'winner' by the council, giving him some authority to stake aÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 1, 2017
Heavy arms fire rang out near the home of Laurent Gbagbo, the country's strongman who remained holed up in a subterranean bunker,ÃÂ ...
The News
August 22, 2017
... Obote, Samuel Kanyon Doe, Charles Taylor, Blaise Compaore, Mouammar Gaddafi, Laurent Gbagbo, Yahaya Jammeh, Ibrahim Babangida.
Daily Maverick
August 1, 2017
The ICC has recently ruled that former President Laurent Gbagbo from Ivory Coast must remain in detention while his long-running trialÃÂ ...
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