Exiled former leader Gbagbo to return to Ivory Coast June 17

In tonight’s edition: Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo is set to return home after ten years in exile. The decision to go home came after his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Tensions remain high between Chad and the Central African Republic after six Chadian soldiers were shot on the country’s southern border. And South Africa returns to harsher lockdown measures, this after a sharp rise in cases of Covid19.