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PARIS — Seven months after artillery fire from United Nations and French troops drove him from his fortified compound, Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, faced courtroom cameras and a panel of international judges in The Hague on Monday.
Gbagbo waived his right to hear the prosecutor’s accusations read out to him.
Gbagbo, who pushed his country into civil war after refusing to accept his defeat in an election last year, was brought to the International Criminal Court six days ago to face charges of crimes against humanity. More than 3,000 people died, Human Rights Watch has said, as a result of Gbabgo’s efforts to stay in power.
