Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Former Ivorian First Lady Jailed For 20 Years Over Election Violence
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A court in Ivory Coast has sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of “undermining state security” during post-election violence in 2010 and 2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.
The wife of former Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo was also accused of “disturbing public order” and “organising armed gangs”
after her husband and his supporters rejected results of December 2010
presidential elections showing...