Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party in Ivory Coast
The Peninsula
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party Saturday, formally breaking ties with those who ran his former party while he spent years facing war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court.
Gbagbo, 76, who returned home in June after his acquittal was upheld, announced a few months later that he would be setting up a new party in order to avoid legal battles with his former ally, Pascal Affi N'Guessan.
Gbagbo was extradited to The Hague in 2011 and his Ivorian Popular Front party splintered three years later - with one faction led by N'Guessan, while former first lady Simone Gbagbo played a prominent role in the other.
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