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Ble Goude returns to Ivory Coast after 11 years in exile

Supporters cheer Ivory Coast's former youth minister Charles Ble Goude upon his return to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday Nov. 26, 2022, after more than a decade in exile. Ble Goude was acquitted of charges linked to the violence that erupted after the disputed 2010 election when then President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede. ( AP Photo/ Diomande Bleblonde)

Ivory Coast's former youth minister Charles Ble Goude is cheered by supporters upon his return to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday Nov. 26, 2022, after more than a decade in exile. Ble Goude was acquitted of charges linked to the violence that erupted after the disputed 2010 election when then President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede. (AP Photo/Diomande Bleblonde)

Ivory Coast's former youth minister Charles Ble Goude is cheered by supporters upon his return to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday Nov. 26, 2022, after more than a decade in exile. Ble Goude was acquitted of charges linked to the violence that erupted after the disputed 2010 election when then President Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede. ( AP Photo/ Diomande Bleblonde)

Ble Goude returns to Ivory Coast after 11 years in exile