Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo has now been released after his acquittal last month by the International Criminal Court (ICC). An ICC spokeswoman said Mr Gbagbo was now on conditional release in Belgium, pending a possible appeal. The violence in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, came after Mr Gbagbo refused to accept that he had lost a disputed election run-off to his rival Alassane Ouattara. UN and French-backed forces eventually captured Mr Gbagbo in a presidential palace bunker in 2011. Court records show judges thought there was "insufficient evidence" to convict Mr Gbagbo of crimes against humanity.

Source: The Star February 06, 2019 05:03 UTC