Ivory Coast's former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, has been sentenced to 20
years in jail for her role in the violence that followed the 2010 elections.
Gbagbo, 65, had been charged with
undermining state security.
More than 3,000 people died in the
violence that followed the presidential poll after the ex-leader refused to
accept defeat to Alassane Ouattara.
She and her husband were arrested in
2011 after troops stormed a bunker where the pair had taken refuge in the main
city, Abidjan.
Her husband, former Ivorian President
Laurent Gbagbo, is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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