Laurent Gbagbo was acquitted by international justice of crimes against humanity. He remains under a 20-year prison sentence in Côte d'Ivoire for the "robbery" of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) in 2011.
This sentence led to the forfeiture of his civil and political rights and therefore his removal from the electoral rolls. Some eight million voters are being called to ballot on 2nd September next in CÚte d’Ivoir.