Ivory Coast to Prosecute Instigators of 2020 Electoral Unrest
- Violence linked to vote left 85 dead and almost 500 wounded
- Opposition leader Bedie may be among those who face charges
Main opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie may be among those prosecuted.
Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images
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Ivory Coast will lay charges against all those who contributed to deadly civil unrest over the 2020 presidential election period, Public Prosecutor Richard Adou said.
“They will all be subjected to the rigor of the criminal law, the objective being to fight against the impunity of the perpetrators of serious offenses,” he told reporters in the economic capital, Abidjan, on Monday. His comments followed a six-month special inquiry into the violence that left at least 85 people dead and almost 500 wounded between August and November last year.