Former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo returns home after decade of exile

Former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo returns home after decade of exile

  • Gbagbo returns for first time since war crimes acquittal
  • Crowds gather in Abidjan to celebrate his arrival
  • Police fires tear gas to disperse Gbagbo supporters

BRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, flew home on Thursday from a decade in exile as thousands took to the streets to welcome him.

A small number of loyalists allowed into the airport in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan cheered and screamed as the commercial flight from Brusselslanded.

Gbagbo, wearing a blue shirt and white…

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