Ivory Coast Former First Lady Given 20 Years Imprisonment Sentence

Ivory Coast's former first lady, Simone Gbagbo,
has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, by
the International Criminal Court today for her role
in 2011 post-election violence in her country.



A court in Abidjan today, Tuesday found Gbagbo
guilty of undermining state
security and organizing armed gangs in violence
that left 3,000 people dead. She and her husband
Laurent Gbagbo disputed the 2010 election that
gave a presidential victory to Gbagbo's
challenger, Alassane Ouattara.

The International Criminal Court in December
mandated Ivory Coast to hand over the former first
lady to face charges of genocide from the
country's civil war.
Former President Gbagbo and youth leader
Charles Ble Goude are already in the ICC detention
center.