Ivory Coast TV host sentenced for condoning rape

An Ivorian TV programme presenter has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence by an Abidjan court for "condoning rape". 

He was also fined 2m CFA francs ($3,600 £2,600).

Yves de M'Bella hosted a show in which a convicted ex-rapist Kader Traoré demonstrated on a mannequin how he assaulted women. 

De M'Bella laughed and joked as he helped the man lay the dummy on the floor and pretend to rape it. 

Nearly 50,000 people signed a petition in protest.

On Wednesday the court also sentenced Traoré to 24 months in jail and fined him 500,000 CFA francs for the same offences.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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