Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in 2011 post-election violence.
A court in Abidjan on 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.
In December, the International Criminal Court said Ivory Coast must hand over the former first lady to face charges of genocide from the country's civil war.
Ivory Coast has refused to turn her over to the Hague-based tribunal in the past, in favor of trying her in a domestic court.
The Ivory Coast government submitted a legal challenge to the ICC request for Gbagbo in September. December's ruling was the defeat of that challenge.
Former President Gbagbo and youth leader Charles Ble Goude are already in the ICC detention center. (VOA)
A court in Abidjan on 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.
In December, the International Criminal Court said Ivory Coast must hand over the former first lady to face charges of genocide from the country's civil war.
Ivory Coast has refused to turn her over to the Hague-based tribunal in the past, in favor of trying her in a domestic court.
The Ivory Coast government submitted a legal challenge to the ICC request for Gbagbo in September. December's ruling was the defeat of that challenge.
Former President Gbagbo and youth leader Charles Ble Goude are already in the ICC detention center. (VOA)
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