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Former president of Cote d’Ivoire,
Laurent Gbagbo, who was sentenced to prison for misappropriating public funds, has been granted presidential pardon.
Alassane Ouattara, president of Cote d’Ivoire, announced the development on Saturday in his address ahead of the country’s 62nd independence anniversary.
Cote d’Ivoire got its independence on August 7, 1960.
According to Ouattara, the decision on the presidential pardon was taken in the interest of fostering “social cohesion”.
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He was charged before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, alongside his ally, Charles Blé Goudé, but they were both acquitted of the charges in January 2019.
