Former Ivory Coast defense minister released after ‘terrorism’ charges

ABIDJAN: Former Ivory Coast defense minister Moise Lida Kouassi was released Tuesday after being detained since August for alleged acts of terrorism, his political party said. The release of Kouassi, who served as defense minister under former president Laurent Gbagbo, “is a relief,” Sebastien Dano Djedje, executive president of the opposition African Peoples’ Party (PPA-CI), told AFP, adding: “But his health is not good.” Kouassi was charged in August and placed in pre-trial detention notably for “acts of terrorism,” along with 10 other people, ahead of the October presidential election.

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