Tag: Laurent Gbagbo
U.S. Must Stop Trying to Influence Kenya’s Politics – Must Read
AFRICANGLOBE - This is why the growing effort to portray Kenya as a pariah state because we elected Uhuru and Ruto must be denounced strongly. This starts with castigating the comments from the American White House that Obama will not come to Kenya because of the ICC cases.
ICC Delays Trial of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Due to...
AFRICANGLOBE - The prosecution has not presented enough evidence to try former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court said on Tuesday.
I Fought for Democracy Said Laurent Gbagbo
AFRICANGLOBE - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday told the International Criminal Court which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity that he had always been pro-democracy.
“All my life, I fought for democracy,” Gbagbo told the court that will decide whether to charge him over 2010-2011 post-election violence in the west African nation that claimed thousands of African lives.
Ouattara to Sign Military Accord With France
Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara starts a three-day visit to France on Wednesday. The trip, during which he will sign a security accord with Paris, is seen as marking the end of 10 years of stormy relations with his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo. Ouattara can expect a warm reception from French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée Palace but the high point of the visit will be on Thursday when he will sign a new "defence and security agreement".
Europe Insults Africans as Another African Leader is Deposed and Thrown...
Laurent Gbagbo former President or Côte d'Ivoire was transferred overnight from Abidjan to the International Criminal Court detention centre which is located within a Dutch prison in Scheveningen, in The Hague suburbs.
