A former minister in Côte d’Ivoire has been issues with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for allaeged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Charles Ble Goude is suspected of committing rape, murder, persecution and other inhumane acts during post-election violence that gripped the country between December 2010 and April 2011.
The warrant was issued in December 2011, but has only now been made public.
Laurent Gbagbo, the president at the time, is already at The Hague, awaiting trial for crimes against humanity, committed during the same period.