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Trial opens for Ivory Coast’s 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo
Source: France24
Trial opens for Ivory Coast’s 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo
Latest update : 2014-12-26
Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of the Ivory Coast, on Friday went on trial for "attempting to undermine the security of the state" in events leading to a bloody 2010-2011 crisis that left thousands dead.
Gbagbo, who has been held for three years and is also wanted by an international court for crimes against humanity, entered the Abidjan court where she is standing trial with 82 others, to cheers and applause from the public.
The 65-year-old wife of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo wore a yellow silk dress and tressed hair as she faced the judge, while outside riot police were deployed and officers body-searched people entering the law courts.
The trial is viewed as the biggest judicial challenge faced by the post-crisis government of the west African nation.
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Latest update : 2014-12-26
Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of the Ivory Coast, on Friday went on trial for "attempting to undermine the security of the state" in events leading to a bloody 2010-2011 crisis that left thousands dead.
Gbagbo, who has been held for three years and is also wanted by an international court for crimes against humanity, entered the Abidjan court where she is standing trial with 82 others, to cheers and applause from the public.
The 65-year-old wife of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo wore a yellow silk dress and tressed hair as she faced the judge, while outside riot police were deployed and officers body-searched people entering the law courts.
The trial is viewed as the biggest judicial challenge faced by the post-crisis government of the west African nation.
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Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20141226-trial-opens-ivory-coast-iron-lady-simone-gbagbo/
Source: BBC
26 December 2014 Last updated at 14:56 GMT
Ivory Coast trial of Simone Gbagbo begins
The trial has begun in Ivory Coast of the ex-first lady, Simone Gbagbo, for her alleged role in post-election violence five years ago.
The wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo has been charged along with 82 supporters of her husband.
Mr Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity.
Some 3,000 people died in violence after the ex-president refused to accept defeat in a run-off vote.
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Ivory Coast trial of Simone Gbagbo begins
The trial has begun in Ivory Coast of the ex-first lady, Simone Gbagbo, for her alleged role in post-election violence five years ago.
The wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo has been charged along with 82 supporters of her husband.
Mr Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity.
Some 3,000 people died in violence after the ex-president refused to accept defeat in a run-off vote.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30604755
