article_snippet: The former first lady of the Ivory Coast was today jailed for 20 years for 'undermining state security' during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.
article_snippet: I am ashamed of Ivorian justice,' her lawyer Me Rodrigue Dadje said, adding that Ivorian justice would appeal the sentence. '
article_snippet: We showed that impunity in Ivory Coast must not continue,' said state prosecutor Soungalo Coulibaly.
article_snippet: But I am ready to forgive... because if we do not forgive, the country faces a crisis worse than what we experienced.'
article_snippet: The former first lady was taken into custody in the north of the west African country, where The former first lady testified The former first lady was 'beaten with incredible violence'.
article_snippet: Affi N'Guessan, the former head of the first couple's political party, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for his role in the unrest, covered by the two years his has already served in detention.
article_snippet: No one close to Ouattara has been investigated or prosecuted in connection with incredible violence.