Trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo opens in Côte d’Ivoire

The former first lady of Cote d’Ivoire Simone Gbagbo and wife to former President Laurent Gbagbo is facing charges in crimes allegedly committed during the post-electoral crisis in 2010 and 2011 that were triggered by her husband’s cling to power after a losing in the Presidential elections. 

Ivorian authorities refused to transfer her to the International Criminal Court as her husband, claiming that the judicial system in the country is capable of judging her.

According to her lawyer, Mrs Gbagbo wants to explain herself to the people after being accused of committing crimes against her citizens reports VOA