Gbagbo led Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2010, then refused to concede defeat to opponent Alassane Ouattara. The fighting between their supporters brought Ivory Coast back to the brink of civil war ...

If Laurent Gbagbo, the besieged Ivory Coast strongman who appears near to losing power, ever needed an ally in Washington, it's now.. And he has one apparently, Sen. James Inhofe, the conservative ...

Former Côte d’Ivoire president Laurent Gbagbo pleads not guilty at the International Criminal Court to crimes against humanity and war crimes, in the court’s first trial of a former head of ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Ivory Coast’s longtime leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to relinquish power despite his defeat in a presidential election in November and a bloody battle with ...

Laurent Gbagbo, Former Ivory Coast Leader, Acquitted of Crimes Against Humanity. Share full article. Laurent Gbagbo faced a litany of charges related to the violence that followed the 2010 ...

Laurent Gbagbo addresses delegates of his newly formed political party, the African People's Party-Ivory Coast, PPA-CI, in Abidjan Sunday Oct. 17, 2021. ...

Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, celebrate in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019.

Laurent Gbagbo: A Strongman’s Last Stand . With hundreds of people massacred, and armed militiamen roaming the streets, the final battle for control of Ivory Coast draws near.

The ICC postponed a key hearing in the case against Laurent Gbagbo, the ex-president of Ivory Coast who is facing charges of crimes against humanity ...

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — Laurent Gbagbo, who has clung to power in Ivory Coast despite his defeat last fall in U.N.-certified elections, called for a cease-fire Tuesday after ...

Last week, a landmark trial began at the International Criminal Court. Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Côte d’Ivoire, and Charles Blé Goudé, who was youth and employment minister in Gbagbo’s ...