Welcome to Africanews Please select your experience. Watch Live. Breaking News Close. You may also like. When Gbagbo lost the election, they focused on street demonstrations, which got them arrested in , before they were released six months later.
In , Laurent Gbagbo boycotted the presidential election, but his wife was elected as a member of parliament, of which she became vice-president. The woman who had supported him throughout this long fight now found herself at the heart of decision-making in her country. The vote finally took place at the end of The FPI leader was running against the head of the Rally of Republicans RDR , Alassane Ouattara, an economist who had earned his reputation mainly in big international monetary institutions.
On December 4, both candidates declared victory and proclaimed themselves President. On February 29, , the same Court issued an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, which was only made public in November that year. This argument has never convinced the ICC, but it cannot do anything about it.
The judgment was confirmed on appeal on May 26, But her judicial nightmare did not stop there. Since May 30, , she who says she believes only in the justice of God, has again been appearing in court, this time for alleged crimes against humanity.
At a hearing on June 2, a judge asked why she and her husband had not pulled out at the end of to give peace a chance. Finding her political drive again, the former MP let loose. The aggression against us was international. An man patiently waits to buy karite or shea butter in the Savanes District. The product is known as "women's gold" across Africa, as it is primarly women who earn money making and selling it to consumers via small cooperatives.
Used in make-up and food, shea butter is popular all over the world. This income is often used to send their children to school. The booming mining industry meanwhile remains dominated by men.
But that hasn't stopped some women from wanting to work in the sector. However, they are often victims of clandestine exploitation and the work is notoriously exhausting under the blazing sun. In Ivory Coast, the cocoa sector is on the verge of a new crisis. Small traders are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with larger local cooperatives which hold most of the contracts with major chocolate manufacturers such as Mars or Nestle. Out of 3, cocoa cooperatives in the country, just over are fair trade certified.
It's even bigger than St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, which it is basedon. The basilica can accommodate , people: 7, inside and the rest out on the esplanade. But today, only a few hundred people flock to Sunday mass. Secondly, if I ever want to be a candidate, I will ask my party and they will decide.
This is not the case at this time. That's not what I worry about right now. I worry about how our country will be able to regain democracy, how it will be able to regain justice, how it will be able to regain fair, transparent and inclusive elections.
Those are the issues right now. Simone Gbagbo, what do you say to those who believe that you misled Laurent Gbagbo during his presidency?
People used to say in the elections crisis and even that it was all his wife's fault. Yes, well, you know, this is Africa. In Africa, as soon as something happens to the husband, the wife is considered guilty. Even when a husband dies, we say it's his wife who killed him. That's what I think this is on account of.
We've never heard you comment on that. What I can tell you about death squads is that the first time ever I heard about death squads was from the French. I think that Ivory Coast was targeted by a French conspiracy. They organized things so that Gbagbo would be ousted from power. This they needed to show that he was surrounded by demons.
Apparently I became the leader of a death squad. But nobody has ever been able to provide any evidence to support this allegation. I just watched and chose not to say anything. At that time, to , I took French press agencies who repeated the claim to court in Paris. I won all my lawsuits. They went appealed; I won again. I don't use weapons to act, to expose my ideas, to share my ideas.
So I say nothing about the death squads. President Ouattara changes his mind about accepting the nomination for a 'tasty' third term, as seen by Meddy Mujane. I was very surprised to see that it was again my fault. In the end I think my accusers must fear me. I don't know why they fear me so much. But I don't know this Mr.
I never met him in my life. They see this as the only way to ensure peace.
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