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Former Ivory Coast President Appeals Court Ruling
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Laurent Gbagbo has been in custody for six years and faces charges of crimes against humanity following election violence that killed around 3,000 people in 2010.
Plus, what is fake news and what does it have to do with the upcoming elections in Kenya? and how extensive sapphire mining is further endangering the lemurs in Madagascar.
(Photo: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, Photo: Michael Kooren/ AFP /Getty Images)
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Wed 19 Jul 201717:06GMT
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