Lawyers

• Ivorian ex-president Gbagbo’s war crime opens, denies war crimes charges that left 3,000 dead

  Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo pleaded not guilty of his war crimes during his trial at the International Criminal Court. His alleged war crimes lead the country into civil war killing 3000 people.

• Ivory Coast ex-president faces trial at International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity

  Ivory Coast ex-president, Laurent Gbagbo, goes on trial at the International Criminal Court. Gbagbo was accused of inciting civil war surrounding the 2010 election that killed 3,000 people.

• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Nestle’s Appeal To Quash Child Slavery Lawsuit

  Nestle faces class action lawsuit filed by former victims of child slavery in cocoa production. U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Swiss giant's appeal to throw out the case.

• Tale of two migrants shakes Italy

  One migrant is reviled, suspected of killing an elderly couple in Sicily; another has been hailed as a hero, killed after trying to prevent an armed robbery at a supermarket in Naples.

• Italy's migrant crisis intensifies with murder arrests, drownings

  Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the crisis off southern Italy intensified.

• Ivory Coast jails ex-first lady for 20 years over poll violence

  A court in Ivory Coast sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for her role in a 2011 post-election crisis in which around 3,000 people were killed, her lawyer said.

• Ivory Coast army protests sow fears of return to unrest

  Protests by disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast have exposed the government's failure to reform its mutiny-plagued armed forces and its rapid capitulation sets a dangerous precedent in a country with bright economic prospects.

• West African bloc presses Burkina for civilian leader

  Three West African presidents urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to appoint a civilian transitional leader within days to guide the country to elections next year following the people's overthrow of longtime ruler Blaise Compaore last week.

• Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola fears

  Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturday, highlighting fears of further contagion in West Africa after a girl from Guinea died of the disease in Mali this week.