Ivory Coast’s former President is at the International
Criminal Court in the Hague this lunchtime for a pre-trial hearing to decide whether
there is enough evidence to charge him with war crimes. Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to be
in ICC custody, faces four counts of crimes against humanity for his alleged
role in the 2010-2011 post-election violence.
More than 3000 people were killed during 5 months of some of the worst
fighting the West African nation has ever seen.
The hearing is expected to take at least 3 days. The BBC's Tamasin Ford reports from Duekoue in the west of Ivory Coast – a town that saw much of the violence. To listen to this report, please click on this link.
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