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The Senegalese Constitutional Council on Saturday released a final list of 20 presidential candidates expected to take part in the West African country’s 2024 election, notably excluding leading opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko.  The list of council-approved candidates includes incumbent President Macky Sall’s chosen successor, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, as well as former heads of government Idrissa [...]

Leader of Senegal’s Pastef party and Yewwi Askan opposition coalition Birame Diop was charged with “acts likely to compromise the public peace and offend to the Head of State” earlier this week over his remarks at a July 4 press conference. Following President Mackey Sall’s announcement that he would not run for a controversial third [...]

A Mali court Saturday sentenced 46 Ivory Coast soldiers to 20 years in prison for conspiring against the government, according to Mali Attorney General Ladji Sara. Another three soldiers were sentenced to death, despite being absent from the trial. The court found the soldiers guilty of “attacking and plotting against the government,” “undermining the external [...]

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday confirmed by majority Trial Chamber I’s acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of all four counts of crimes against humanity. Gbagbo, Ivory Coast’s former president, and former minister Blé Goudé, had faced the charges for their alleged role in post-election violence in the [...]

On 29th April, Côte d’Ivoire announced its withdrawal from the special declaration of jurisdiction provided under Article 34(6) of the ‘Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’. Article 34(6) of the Protocol reads that “the State shall make a declaration [...]

The Ivory Coast withdrew from the African Human Rights and Peoples Court on Wednesday following an order from that court to suspend an arrest warrant against presidential hopeful Guillaume Soro. Soro was convicted in absentia of money laundering and embezzlement on Tuesday. He faces a 20 year prison sentence that will prevent him from running [...]

The International Criminal Court prosecutor submitted a Notice of Appeal Monday against the acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and a youth minister on charges of fomenting post-election violence. One of the grounds of appeal identified by the prosecution is that the trial chamber erred by acquitting Gbagbo and Blé Goudé in violation [...]

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and political leader Charles Ble Goude were released on bail to Belgium Tuesday after being acquitted last month on charges of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. In 2010 Gbagbo lost the presidency and was accused of starting a civil war by refusing to cede the [...]

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked the court not to release former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and political leader Charles Ble Goude pending appeal of their acquittal earlier this week. Gbagbo was charged with four counts of crimes against humanity alleging a plan to attack supporters of current President Allasane Ouattara [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday acquitted former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of charges for alleged crimes against humanity during 2010 and 2011 in the Ivory Coast, saying the prosecutor failed to proffer sufficient evidence of the charged acts. The decision brings Gbagbo’s nearly eight-year detention to an end. Specifically, the prosecution failed to [...]