Laurent Gbagbo on trial at ICC

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo becomes the first ex-head of state to stand trial at the world’s only permanent war crimes court, five years after triggering political unrest that left 3,000 dead

Nov 2010:

Presidential election

run-off takes place between

incumbent Laurent Gbagbo

and old rival Alassane Ouattara

Dec:

UN endorses Ouattara

as winner – Gbagbo refuses

to concede defeat. Dispute

between two camps soon

escalates into violence

Apr 2011:

Gbagbo forced from

power and arrested by troops

loyal to Ouattara, backed by

UN and French soldiers

More than 3,000 people are

massacred and 500,000

displaced during crisis

May:

Ouattara inaugurated

as president

Nov:

Gbagbo handed over

to International Criminal Court

(ICC) at The Hague

Jan 2013:

Gbagbo’s former

militia chief Charles Ble Goude

captured – transferred to ICC

Abidjan

Mar 2015:

Former first lady,

Simone Gbagbo, sentenced in

Abidjan to 20 years in prison for

role in violence that followed

presidential election in 2010

200km

125 miles

Jan 28, 2016: Gbagbo, 70, and Ble Goude, 43, face crimes

against humanity charges at ICC for unrest triggered by

Gbagbo’s bid to cling on to power in 2010

Source: ICC

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