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Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return to his home village of Mama in the Gagnoa region of west-central Ivory Coast, which he was forced to leave ten years ago. IMAGES
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is cheered on by his supporters at a former presidential campaign headquarters in northern Abidjan. Acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, Laurent Gbagbo has returned to his country after a ten-year exile. IMAGES of Gbagbo and supporters in Abidjan
Supporters of Laurent Gbagbo follow his convoy to celebrate his return to Ivory Coast. The former Ivorian president, acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, is returning to his country after a ten-year absence. IMAGES
Seventy children were still missing following a blaze that destroyed a school dormitory in central Kenya and killed at least 17 young pupils, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says in a statement in Endarasha where the tragedy took place overnight. SOUNDBITE
Pope Francis meets Indonesia's President Joko Widodo in Jakarta in the first major set piece of his tour. The head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics is on a three-day visit to the Muslim-majority nation before he travels to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore on the longest trip of his papacy. IMAGES
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES