AMSTERDAM - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared at the International Criminal Court yesterday to face charges of crimes against humanity. He is the first former head of state expected to be tried by the court since its inception in 2002.
Mr Gbagbo (66) was arrested and flown from Ivory Coast to the Netherlands last week, and held since then at a detention centre in The Hague. The charge of crimes against humanity against Gbagbo includes murder and rape. – (Reuters)
