Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.
He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed election in 2010.
He was captured in 2011 in a presidential palace bunker by UN and French-backed forces supporting his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
Mr Gbagbo was the first former head of state to go on trial at the ICC.
ICC judges ruled that he had no case to answer because the prosecution had failed to prove several charges against him.
They have ordered his immediate release.
BBC