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Ivory Coast’s ex-president and ally are free to return home

By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA - Associated Press

Former Ivory Coast youth minister Charles Ble Goude gestures as he arrives for a hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Goude and former President Laurent Gbagbo were acquitted in 2019 of responsibility for crimes including murder, rape and persecution following disputed elections in 2010, with judges saying prosecutors failed to prove their case. International Criminal Court judges are ruling Wednesday on the appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of Ivory Coast's former president and an ex-youth minister on charges of involvement in deadly violence that erupted after 2010 elections. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

ICC judges uphold acquittal of former Ivory Coast president

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Ivory Coast ex-president plans to return home from exile

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA - Associated Press

People cross a street at Blockhaus neighborhood during the dusk in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Ivory Coast residents braced for more unrest Sunday as election officials began releasing the first results from the country's presidential election and opponents of President Alassane Ouattara stepped up their criticism of his quest for a third term. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Election observers cite low turnout in Ivory Coast poll

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Supporters of ex-Ivory Coast president submit his candidacy

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA - Associated Press

ICC prosecutors seek to overturn Gbagbo acquittal

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A supporter of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo shows his headwear outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. The ICC hears an appeal by Gbagbo against conditions imposed on him and a former government minister during their release from custody pending prosecutors' appeal against their acquittals on crimes against humanity charges. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Lawyers to ICC: Free Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo unconditionally

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

ICC prosecutor appeals acquittal of ex-Ivory Coast president

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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)

Lawyers again urge ICC to release ex-Ivory Coast president

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 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

HFS-Mike Espy who is seeking to unseat appointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and serve the last two years of the six-year term vacated when Republican Thad Cochran retired for health reasons, speaks about his experience in government as a congressman and agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration, before college students at a town hall meeting at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Dem’s lobbying work draws GOP ire in Mississippi Senate race

By JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 image, former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo waits for the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. International Criminal Court prosecutors urged judges Monday Oct. 1, 2018, to continue the trial of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and a government ex-minister on trial for their alleged involvement in deadly violence that erupted after the country's disputed 2010 presidential election. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

ICC prosecutors urge judges to continue Ivory Coast trial

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Family, workers of ousted Ivorian strongman freed

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Republican forces soldier Abdoulaye Sanogo (front) wears a wig he said belonged to Simone Gbagbo, wife of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The wig was found in her bedroom at the presidential residence as forces allied with President Alassane Ouattara captured the Gbagbos on Monday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Ivory Coast generals pledge loyalty to Ouattara

By Marco Chown Oved - Associated Press

An Ivory Coast resident wears his country's flag as he celebrates the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo. The strongman had refused to concede power after losing November's presidential election to Alassane Ouattara. (Associated Press)

Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo seized after forces storm bunker

By Marco Chown Oved - Associated Press

Ivory Coast report: Ouattara forces commit abuses

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press