By AFP More by this AuthorTHE HAGUEIvory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo can leave Belgium under certain conditions, the International Criminal Court said Thursday, following his acquittal last year over post-election violence that killed 3,000 people. An ICC spokesman said Gbagbo could travel provided the country he was going to agreed to receive him. It therefore remains uncertain if Gbagbo can return to Ivory Coast, where his Ivorian Popular Front Party (FPI) is preparing to challenge President Alassane Ouattara's ruling party in elections scheduled for October. "We are happy, it's important that these restrictions are lifted," he told AFP. Ble Goude told AFP overnight he was "happy to have his freedom of movement back", adding that "the road to justice and to truth is long and slow".

Source: Daily Nation May 29, 2020 03:04 UTC