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Cote d'Ivoire President Pardons Predecessor Laurent Gbagbo

President Alassane Ouattara has offered a presidential pardon to longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, as part of a reconciliation drive with his predecessors ahead of elections in 2025. Gbagbo, who was president from 2000 to 2011, returned to Cote d'Ivoire in 2021 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.

Ouattara said he has also asked that Gbagbo's bank accounts be unfrozen and that his lifetime annuity be paid. He also ordered the release of Gbagbo associates Vagba Faussignaux and Jean-Noel Abehi, a former navy chief and a former commander of a gendarmerie unit who had been convicted for their role in post-election unrest.

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Laurent Gbagbo in 2008.

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