Koudou Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who served as the president of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. He was the first president in the history of the country that was
Gbagbo in 2008
The president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and Vahid Halilhodzic, Sol Beni, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in May 2008
The First Ivorian Civil War was a civil conflict in the Ivory Coast that began with a military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 2007. The conflict pitted the
Laurent Gbagbo
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny died in 1993, after 30 years in power.
President Henri Konan Bédié used Ivoirité to undermine his political rivals.
Alassane Ouattara was barred from contesting the 1995 and 2000 elections.
Rebel leader Guillaume Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast and the New Forces.