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White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump walks past an airplane as she leaves an airport lounge before boarding a commercial flight from Dulles International Airport, in Sterling, Va., Saturday April 13, 2019, en route to Ethiopia. Trump will travel to Ethiopia and Ivory Coast to promote a global economical program for women. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ivanka Trump promotes women’s empowerment in Ethiopia

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, where judges acquitted Gbagbo and ex-government minister Charles Ble Goude of crimes committed during the 2010 election for lack of evidence. A defense lawyer for former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo said Friday that he should be immediately and unconditionally released from International Criminal Court detention, more than two weeks after his acquittal on charges of involvement in deadly post-election violence.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

Belgium says willing to receive ex-Ivory Coast president

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In this Wednesday Jan. 16, 2019, file image supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo celebrate outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Prosecutors at the ICC have told judges they do not object to the conditional release of Ivory Coast's former president and youth minister following their acquittals last month on charges of involvement in deadly post-election violence. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Latest: Lawyer says Ivory Coast ex-minister free soon

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo celebrate outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, after judges ruled that Gbagbo and a former government minister should be released immediately following their acquittal on charges of involvement in deadly post-election violence in 2010. The acquittal at the International Criminal Court is causing some to celebrate his pending release but others fear a repeat of the deadly 2010-2011 post-election violence that led him to The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Will Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo, acquitted at ICC, return home?

By ALEXIS ADELE - Associated Press

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, where judges acquitted Gbagbo and ex-government minister Charles Ble Goude of crimes committed during the 2010 election for lack of evidence. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

ICC judges say Gbagbo should be released following acquittal

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, where judges were expected to issue rulings on requests by Gbagbo and ex-government minister Charles Ble Goude to have their prosecutions thrown out for lack of evidence. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

ICC judges acquit former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Judge orders bail hearing for asylum applicant held 3 years

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012 File photo, Somali porters offload charcoal from a truck at a charcoal market in Mogadishu, Somali. A new report by U.N. monitors says banned charcoal exports from Somalia are thriving, generating millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

UN report: Banned Somali charcoal exports pass through Iran

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Ivory Coast’s president grants amnesty to former 1st lady

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