Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo’s acquittal, reconciliatory political-economic outlook
- January 15, 2019
- - 11:56 am
Former President of Côte d’Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo was acquitted by the International Criminal Court on charges related to war crimes committed during the final days of his 2000-2010 presidency. The release of Gbagbo and his likely soon return to the West African country allows for political inclusion, if not reconciliation, of the country’s diverse and dynamic ethnopolitical constituencies to take shape, raising Cote d’Ivoire’s stability and economic outlook. Gbagbo’s acquittal – ICC Judge Cuno Tarfusser cited the prosecution’s failure to prove the former president’s guilt on crimes committed while his Ivoirian government fought a national rebellion – potentially brings to …
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