The International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed that Ivory coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo will face trial for crimes against humanity, throwing out an appeal by the defence.
No date has yet been set for the trial of Gbagbo on four counts of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed at the end of his 10-year rule over the troubled west African country, once he refused to accept defeat in an election in November 2010. His supporters clashed for five months mainly in the economic capital Abidjan with those of President Alassane Ouattara, who was proclaimed winner of the vote by the electoral commission. He and his aides are accused of “ordering, seeking, encouraging or contributing in any other way” to murders, rapes, inhuman acts and persecution.
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