Former president Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast after decade of exile
17 June 2021 - 19:46
Abidjan — Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, touched down on Thursday in the commercial capital Abidjan as crowds massed to welcome him home from a decade in exile.
A small number of loyalists allowed into the airport cheered and screamed as the Brussels Airlines flight landed. Elsewhere in Abidjan, police fired teargas during small skirmishes with larger groups of supporters...
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