Ivory Coast's former first lady sentenced to 20 Years Imprisonment

Ivory Coast's former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, by the International Criminal Court today for her role in 2011 post-election violence in her country.

A court in Abidjan today, 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.

The International Criminal Court  in December mandated Ivory Coast to hand over the former first lady to face charges of genocide from the country's civil war.

Former President Gbagbo and youth leader Charles Ble Goude are already in the ICC detention center.