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- Laurent Gbagbo
- CĂ´te dâIvoire - Disputed election of 2010 and protracted political standoff
- Alassane Ouattara - Disputed presidential election of 2010 of Alassane Ouattara
- history of CĂ´te dâIvoire - Civil war and its aftermath
- CĂ´te dâIvoire - Civil war and its aftermath
- history of CĂ´te dâIvoire - Fall of Gbagbo
- CĂ´te dâIvoire - Prosecution of the Gbagbos and BlĂŠ GoudĂŠ
Why did Alassane Ouattara pardon Laurent Gbagbo in 2022?
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Alassane Ouattara
Ivoirian Pres. Alassane Ouattara addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York City, September 25, 2013.
In August 2022, President Alassane Ouattara announced that he had granted a pardon to Laurent Gbagbo in the interest of national unity.12
Following his 2019 acquittal by the International Criminal Court and his subsequent return to CĂ´te dâIvoire in 2021, Gbagboâs legal status remained complicated by a 20-year prison sentence handed down by an Ivoirian court for his actions regarding the Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO) during the 2010â2011 postelection crisis. By issuing the pardon, Ouattara sought to foster reconciliation in a country that had been deeply divided by years of political tension and civil conflict.12