International court drops arrest warrant for wife of ex-Ivory Coast president

Simone Gbagbo (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

The International Criminal Court has withdrawn its arrest warrant for the wife of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following her husband’s acquittal on charges of involvement in deadly violence that erupted following the country’s disputed 2010 presidential election.

Simone Gbagbo had faced similar charges under an arrest warrant issued by the global war crimes court in 2012.