Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo speaks during the second day of the meeting to launch the formation of a new political party at the Sofitel hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast October 17, 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo vowed on Sunday to continue in politics "until my death" as he launched a new party following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court and return from a decade abroad.
Gbagbo, president from 2000-2011, returned to Ivory Coast https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ivory-coasts-former-president-gbagbo-flies-home-after-decade-exile-2021-06-17 in June after being acquitted in 2019 by the Netherlands-based court on war crimes charges for his role in a civil war sparked by his refusal to concede defeat in an election.
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