Simone Gbagbo— Ivory Coast Former First Lady Acquitted!!

The former first lady of Ivory Coast, Simone Gbagbo has been acquitted of Crimes against humanity by a court in Ivory coast.

The charges were related to the violence that emanated in 2010 presidential elections in Ivory Coast when Laurent her husband refused to admit defeat to Alassane Ouattara when she headed a crisis cell and tried to purchase war ammunition.

More than 3000 people died in the 2010 Presidential election violence.

She is already serving a 20–year jail tern for undermining state security. Though the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant for Simone on similar charges.

Simone and her Husband was arrested in 2011 after the 2010 violence in a bunker where they were taking refuge in Abidjan.

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