APRNEWS - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo must be freed by the International Criminal Court because his trial for crimes against humanity has descended into “fake reality”, his lawyers said Monday.

APRNEWS - Provisional results of 189 of 201 municipalities in Ivory Coast are out. The ruling party RHDP has dominated with 89 elected officials far behind Henri Konan Bédié‘s PDCI with 47 elected officials.

APRNEWS - On the eve of Ivory Coast’s 58th independence day celebrations, president Alassane Ouattara has announced presidential pardon to about 800 prisoners.

Among those to be pardoned according to the president are the former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, the president said in a televised address to the nation.

APRNEWS - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara’s government faces collapse after his junior coalition partner said it had expelled party members named to a new cabinet.

APRNEWS - The Ivorian government adopted a decree whereby the share capital of the public bank Versus will be increased to CFA14.58 billion through the issue of 267,233 new shares. This was announced yesterday June 27 during a Ministers’ Council with the president Alassane Ouattara.

AFRICANEWS - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said he is free to stand for a third term in the 2020 presidential election under the country’s new constitution, according to an interview in this week’s edition of French magazine Jeune Afrique.