Tag: Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to long-time rival Laurent Gbagbo, as ...

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara attends the ECOWAS summit to discuss transitional roadmap for Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, in Accra, Ghana, July 3, 2022.

Ivory Coast President Ouattara to meet predecessors in reconciliation drive

by Tshepiso Moche

14 July 2022, 6:00 PM

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara will hold a rare meeting on Thursday with his predecessors and longtime rivals Laurent Gbagbo ...

Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo speaks during the second day of the meeting to launch the formation of a new political party at the Sofitel hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast October 17, 2021.

Ex-Ivory Coast president Gbagbo launches new party, vows to stay in politics

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

17 October 2021, 9:52 PM

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo vowed on Sunday to continue in politics "until my death" as he launched a ...

Laurent Gbagbo has said little about what political role he might play back home.

Police fire teargas as crowds mass to welcome back Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo

by Wendy Mothata

17 June 2021, 3:30 PM

Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of supporters of Ivory Coast's ousted president Laurent Gbagbo as crowds massed to welcome ...

President Alassane Ouattara, 78, won a third term in the 31 October election but opposition parties largely boycotted the vote and dismissed it as illegal, saying he had violated constitutional term limits.

France’s Macron urges Ivory Coast leader to offer olive branch to opponents

20 November 2020, 6:01 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron has defended a decision by Ivory Coast's veteran president to run in an election in October, ...

Some of President Alassane Ouattara's rivals have called for a boycott over his bid for a third term.

Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid

15 September 2020, 2:03 PM

Ivory Coast’s Constitutional Council on Monday ruled that President Alassane Ouattara is eligible to run for a third term in ...

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo appears before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands February 6, 2020, Netherlands February 6, 2020.

ICC prosecutors cite grave errors in Gbagbo acquittal at start of appeal

23 June 2020, 4:13 PM

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said “grave errors” were made in acquittal last year of former Ivory Coast ...

Ivory Coasts Former President Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude were freed from detention by the International Criminal Court in February last year, under the condition that he will stay in the country that accepts to take him in.

Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo can now leave Belgium

by Celestine Hendricks

30 May 2020, 1:55 PM

The International Criminal Court on Thursday ruled that Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo can leave Belgium under certain conditions, ...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara says he won’t run for re-election

5 March 2020, 4:22 PM

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not stand for re-election in October, ending speculation about his ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was expected to step down in 2020 but unexpectedly declared in 2018 that the new constitution had reset term limits that would have barred him from running again.

Ivory Coast president plans constitutional revision before election

by Paballo Lephaka

7 January 2020, 6:30 AM

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said he intends to modify the constitution ahead of an October presidential election seen as ...

FILE PHOTO: Charles Ble Goude of Ivory Coast (L) enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his initial appearance in The Hague March 27, 2014.

Ivory Coast street militia leader sentenced to 20 years for role in civil war

31 December 2019, 2:24 PM

Charles Ble Goude, an ally of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years ...

Ivorian president says he will stand in 2020 election if former leaders run again

1 December 2019, 7:53 AM

13 February 2019, 3:19 PM

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Saturday he would run for a third term if his predecessors decided to ...

Former President Thabo Mbeki says any process in Ivory Coast that excludes President Laurent Gbagbo may lead to civil war.

Gbagbo key to Ivory Coast healing process: Mbeki

by Lerato Matlala

Former President Thabo Mbeki says former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be key to the country's healing and reconciliation ...

Belgium agrees to host former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo

2 February 2019, 5:45 PM

Belgium said Saturday it has agreed to host Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo pending a possible appeal against his acquittal ...

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.

ICC orders conditional release of former I.Coast leader Gbagbo

1 February 2019, 6:19 PM

The International Criminal Court on Friday ordered the conditional release of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo after he was ...

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo to stay detained until February

18 January 2019, 4:23 PM

Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo will stay behind bars at least until a fresh appeal hearing on February 1, despite ...

Gbagbo will return to Ivory Coast: daughter

17 January 2019, 5:05 PM

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's daughter says her father will return to Ivory Coast. However, she could not say whether ...

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki.

Mbeki calls for dialogue in Ivory Coast

16 January 2019, 9:37 PM

Former President Thabo Mbeki has called for dialogue in the Ivory Coast. This follows the release of former Ivorian President ...

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo gestures as he enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

ICC credibility questioned after Gbagbo’s acquittal

15 January 2019, 8:18 PM