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Paul Myers

Cote d'Ivoire: Outtara offers presidential pardon to former leader Gbago

Henri Konan Bédié (left), Laurent Gbagbo (right) and Alassane Ouattara (centre) have dominated Ivorian politics for teh last three decades. AFP - ISSOUF SANOGO

President Alassane Ouattara marked Cote D'Ivoire's Independence Day on Sunday with a presidential pardon to longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo.

Gbagbo, 77, who was president between 2000 and 2011, returned to Cote d'Ivoire last June after being acquitted in 2019 by the Hague on war crimes charges for his role in a civil war sparked by his refusal to concede defeat after the 2010 election.

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