Gbagbo's defense team paints him as a peace loving victim of French colonial meddling

  • 8 years ago
In tonights rundown:

Gbagbo back in court

AU decides against forcing peacekeeping troops upon Burundi

And, hunters in NIgeria help track down Boko Haram.
The defense team of Laurent Gbagbo opens their argument at his war crimes trial in The Hague. Lawyers for the former Ivorian leader say that he's a peace loving victim of French post colonial meddling. Also, the continent's leaders push back against the reach of the ICC and the AU decides against forcing peacekeeping troops upon Burundi. And, and we head out into the bush of Nigeria’s north east to meet the men of the land helping soldiers track down Boko Haram.
 

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