Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo plans to return home on June 17

Former Ivory Coast president to return home following his acquittal of crimes against humanity at the ICC.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo plans to return home on June 17 following his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to his party. The General Secretary of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) Assoa Adou announced the date of Gbagbo’s homecoming on Monday, in front of a crowd that had come to celebrate the former president’s birthday in Abidjan. Gbagbo, who was president from 2000 until his arrest in 2011, turned 76 on Monday.