Ivory Coast to compensate post-election conflict victims

The Ivorian government has announced that victims of post-election conflict will start receiving pay outs in July this year. 

Some 74,000 registered victims are eligible for compensation from a fund worth $17m. 

The vice-president of the country's National Commission for the Reconciliation and Compensation of Victims Desire Amon Tanoe says the pay outs are a positive development for the country. 

He added that, this will go a long way to help the reconciliation process.

He also announced that there will be a one month grace period for any remaining victims to come forward and register for the scheme. 

More than 3,000 people died in the violence in 2010 to 2011, after ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept defeat in the presidential election. 

Mr Gbagbo is currently awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity.

BBC