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17.11.2014 Ivory Coast

I.Coast ex-president Gbagbo's trial to open July 7: ICC

By AFP
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo at a pre-trial hearing on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on February 19, 2013.  By Michael Kooren POOLAFPFileFormer Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo at a pre-trial hearing on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on February 19, 2013. By Michael Kooren (POOL/AFP/File)
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The Hague (AFP) - Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo will go on trial for crimes against humanity on July 7 next year, the International Criminal Court said on Monday.

"Today (the) Trial Chamber set the commencement date for the trial in the case the Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo for 7 July 2015," the Hague-based ICC said in a statement.

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