Ivory Coast frees more than 200 PPA-CI militants under judicial supervision
The supporters of Laurent Gbagbo's party were held since the October 2025 presidential election and left Abidjan's former Maca prison overnight.
More than 200 militants of the PPA-CI, the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo, left the ex-Maca prison in Abidjan on the night of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. They had been detained since the October 2025 presidential election. They are free but remain under judicial supervision, and the release was not announced officially.
Sources close to the party told the KOACI news site that every released militant is still subject to judicial control. The prosecutor's office has not said how many people were freed or what obligations they must meet. Lawyer Roseline Aka-Sérikpa, of the Abidjan bar, called the release a "major procedural easing" and said other releases are under way.
The same week, the party reported the sixth death of a detainee in custody. Atcho Kraidi Arnaud, a member of the Grand-Bassam branch, died on November 6 at the Abidjan penitentiary complex, and the party has demanded that the circumstances be made clear. On November 11 Gbagbo, back from Brussels, also had 14 executive vice-presidents named.
Why it mattersFamilies of the detained supporters now face an open question about when and whether those still in prison will be released, since no public count has been given.