UNITED NATIONS (AP) — All Ivorians will be held responsible for post-electoral violence that killed thousands of people, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Wednesday.
Ouattara told reporters that his country has launched a national investigation into the killings committed by all sides, and that all people found to have participated in the crimes will be prosecuted, with "no exceptions" — including his own loyalists.
Ouattara said Ivory Coast's court system has deteriorated in recent years and that any crimes against humanity would need to be handled by the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The court's prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is seeking the panel's …
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