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Ivory Coast president Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo
Ivory Coast president Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo
by  AFP

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Saturday that he had pardoned his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who faced a 20-year jail term for a 2018 conviction over political unrest. - A 'fraternal meeting' - The announcement of the pardon comes just weeks after a meeting on July 14 between Outtara, Gbagbo and another former president, Henri Konan Bedie.

ICoast president Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo
ICoast president Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo
by  AFP

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Saturday that he had pardoned his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who still faced a 20-year jail term for a 2018 conviction over political unrest. But in 2018, an Ivorian court handed Gbagbo a 20-year term in absentia over the looting of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) during the country's post-election crisis.

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