Laurent Gbagbo

Ivorians around a poster of Laurent Gbagbo in anticipation of his return home

Cote d’Ivoire

After Gbagbo’s return, traditional leaders speak on reconciliation

22 June 2021 by Abraham Kouassi

Reconciliation is the word on everyone's lips since former President Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted by the International Criminal Court, returned to Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday June 17. Behind the grand spectacle of 'reconciliation', tra [...]

Ntaganda + Gbagbo + Al Mahdi (ICC - CPI)

Ntaganda, Gbagbo, Al-Mahdi: decoding two appeal decisions and a symbolic reparation at the ICC

2 April 2021 by Asymmetrical Haircuts

This week at the International Criminal Court has been rich in - mostly symbolic - important events: the confirmation of the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Ggbagbo, the confirmation of the conviction of Congolese mi [...]

Laurent Gbagbo at the ICC

Cote d’Ivoire

Gbagbo acquittal: “3,000 dead, and no one guilty!”

1 April 2021 by Abraham Kouassi

After nearly ten years in detention and a three-year trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his defence minister Charles Blé Goudé were finally acquitted yesterday, March 3 [...]