Ivory Coast Withdraws From African Human Rights Court

Former rebel leader and would-be Ivory Coast presidential candidate Guillaume Soro in Paris on January 29, 2020.

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Ivory Coast withdrew from the African Human Rights and Peoples Court, a week after the tribunal ordered the West African nation to suspend an arrest warrant against presidential hopeful Guillaume Soro, who on Tuesday was sentenced to 20 years in jail.