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Abidjan - Ex-Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo has appealed the 20-year term she got for her role in post-election violence that killed over 3 000 people, her lawyer announced Monday.
"We lodged an appeal in the highest court," said defence counsel Habiba Toure. "The procedure is irregular and must be nullified."
In a surprise decision prosecutors, who had argued Gbagbo should be given 10 years behind bars for her part in the bloody 2010-2011 unrest, announced that they too had lodged an appeal.
