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Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted in March of charges of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC), arrives home in Abidjan on Thursday. Arrested in April 2011 during a post-presidential election crisis that saw more than 3,000 people killed, Gbagbo has endured many political battles during a long and tumultous career.

Disinformation online has led to a sluggish vaccine roll-out in Ivory Coast. Ivorian and international health authorities have told FRANCE 24 that they are concerned about the pandemic of fake news. While this problem is not unique to Ivory Coast, the West African state is lagging behind a number of other countries in the region when it comes to vaccination rates.

Guillaume Soro, the former rebel leader running for president in Ivory Coast, was convicted in absentia on Tuesday of embezzlement and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The former prime minister, who is in exile in France, has denied the charges, claiming they are politically motivated.

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