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After Bokassa's overthrow, was he immediately tried and convicted?

  • Yes

  • No, he was tried in absentia

  • Tried but not convicted

  • Was granted amnesty

Answer

After Bokassa's overthrow, he was not immediately tried and convicted. Instead, he was tried in absentia and sentenced to death in 1987. He remained in exile in Côte d'Ivoire until his death in 1996.
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