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Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to determine whether the case against him will proceed to trial. Gbagbo's lawyers urged the court to...

Charles Ble Goude , the former Ivory Coast Minister for Sports and Youth and close political ally of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo , was charged Tuesday with war crimes and murder. Goude has been in hiding since...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday unanimously dismissed a challenge by former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo that the...

The Ivory Coast could face ongoing violence and be deprived of justice if human rights offenders are not prosecuted, a senior UN rights official warned Monday. While visiting the city of Abidjan, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unsealed an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Pursuant to the warrant,...

The Ivory Coast's military committed widespread human rights abuses in August and September, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. The report details the alleged abuses including arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, extortion...

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday found former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo fit to stand trial ....

A lawyer representing Laurent Gbagbo requested on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) release Gbagbo from custody while he awaits his trial. Gbagbo is the former Ivory Coast president...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday denied a request by former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo to leave the Netherlands for medical recovery while he...

The secretary general of a leading Ivory Coast opposition party was sentenced on Friday to six months of imprisonment. Laurent Akoun of the Ivorian Popular Front, the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo , was sentenced ...