Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo waves as she arrives at the Court of Justice in Abidjan, on February 23, 2015. - AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO
ABIDJAN, March 10, 2015 (AFP) - A court in Ivory Coast on Tuesday sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.
The wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo was also accused of "disturbing public order" and "organising armed gangs" after her husband and his supporters rejected results of December 2010 presidential elections showing rival Alassane Ouattara had won the contest.
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