The fugitive leader of a violent youth militia, who helped keep the former Ivory Coast president and war crimes suspect Laurent Gbagbo in power, is willing to hand himself in to face trial, his lawyer has told the Guardian.
Charles Blé Goudé, the charismatic head of the Young Patriots, fled Ivory Coast last April in the final days of a five-month conflict triggered by Gbagbo's attempt to cling on to power after losing elections five months earlier.