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Abidjan, Jun 17 (EFE/EPA).- Former president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday returned to Ivory Coast for the first time in nearly 10 years, after he was cleared of crimes against humanity.Gbagbo returned from his exile in Brussels after ICC appeals judges on 31 March 2021 upheld the acquittals of Gbagbo and Goude who were both in 2019 acquitted from the charges of war crimes allegedly committed during post-electoral violence in Ivory Coast between December 2010 and April 2011. (Camera: LEGNAN KOULA).SHOT LIST: POLICE DISPERSING SUPPORTERS OF FORMER IVORY COAST PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO IN ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.
Thousands of supporters give Ivory Coast's controversial former president Laurent Gbagbo a hero's welcome as he makes a triumphant return to his home village. The village of Mama, in the southwest of the West African country, has been a hive of activity in anticipation of the visit since Gbagbo arrived back in Ivory Coast from Europe on June 18 after being definitively acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC). IMAGES
Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo leaves Abidjan airport as he returns home for the first time in a decade after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity. IMAGES
Police forces fire tear gas as crowds celebrate the return of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo in the streets of Abidjan. Gbagbo returns home for the first time in a decade after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity. IMAGES
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return to his home village of Mama in the Gagnoa region of west-central Ivory Coast, which he was forced to leave ten years ago. IMAGES
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo arrives in Ivory Coast after ten years in exile, having been acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. IMAGES
Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Aug 31 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Legnan Koula).- Three representatives of the former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo presented their candidacy for the October presidential elections at the Independent Electoral Commission in Abidjan on Monday. The candidates have until midnight on August 31 to submit their bids for the presidential race. Gbagbo remains in Belgium, where he is waiting for a passport to return home after being acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2019.FOOTAGE OF THE CANDIDACY HANDOVER AND SUPPORTERS.