The International Criminal Court said in its warrant that Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivory Coast strongman, played a central role in postelection violence in 2010 and 2011.

After a string of victories by rebels who have faced little resistance, the army began a counterattack in an effort to recover some of the territory it has lost in the eastern Congo.

Ahamed Idrissou, who was beaten by government interrogators in his native Togo, now lives in the Bronx with his wife and their seven children.

Ahamed Idrissou, who was beaten by government interrogators in his native Togo, now lives in the Bronx with his wife and their seven children.