3 July 2021 By AFP 0 min 36Approximate reading time Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo flew into the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to attend a wedding bash thrown by his former jail-mate at the International Criminal Court, a source told AFP. Just two weeks after returning to Ivory Coast after almost 10 years in detention, Gbagbo flew into Kinshasa and met Congolese politician and strongman Jean-Pierre Bemba “as part of a strictly private visit”, a person close to Bemba said. Gbagbo will attend the wedding of Bemba’s son this weekend, the person said on condition of anonymity. Gbagbo had recently said he had made friends with Bemba as both men were being prosecuted for different war crimes at the ICC. Both were initially convicted and later exonerated on appeal.
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