January 30, 2012
Cote d'Ivoire: Separated Children Yet to Return Home
Hundreds of children in Côte d'Ivoire were separated from their parents when people fled their villages during post-election violence in 2011, but nine months after the… Read more »
October 02, 2008
Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Criminal Investigations May Indict Higher-Ups
Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based oil trader Trafigura, which owned the oil waste dumped in open-air sites… Read more »
October 01, 2008
Cote d'Ivoire: Who is to Blame for Dumping Toxic Oil Sludge?
A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil sludge in August 2006 and causing over a dozen deaths, and illnesses to tens of… Read more »
August 19, 2008
Cote d'Ivoire: UN Warns Toxic Waste Still a Threat
Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN contamination expert Okechukwu… Read more »
October 11, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: UN 'Deeply Concerned' About Failing Peace Effort
The UN Secretary-General is "deeply concerned" by the failure of the government and former rebels in Côte d'Ivoire to achieve steps toward peace. Read more »
September 19, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: No War, No Peace Five Years After Rebellion
In Côte d'Ivoire five years after a rebellion carved up a country and a people already burdened by ethnic strife, the government is set to begin an operation to tackle… Read more »
September 14, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: Thousands of Toxic Waste Victims Could Miss Out On Compensation
Thousands of people poisoned by toxic waste illegally dumped in Cote d'Ivoire in August 2006 might receive no part of a US$198-million settlement because they sought treatment in… Read more »
September 19, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: French Executives Arrested in Toxic-Waste Scandal
Authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have arrested two senior French officials of a Dutch-based commodities company in connection with a toxic waste scandal that has shaken an already… Read more »
September 18, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Clean-Up of Toxic Waste Begins
International waste removal experts in protective suits and masks have begun cleaning up toxic waste that was dumped in several areas of Abidjan in a scandal that has further… Read more »
August 11, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Row Erupts Over ID Cards in New Blow to Peace
A dispute this week over plans to hand out ID cards to millions of undocumented residents of war-divided Cote d'Ivoire threatens to further disrupt the country's faltering peace… Read more »
June 04, 2004
Cote d'Ivoire: EU Re-Equips 25 Health Centres, Mainly in the North
The European Union has provided a grant of 3.5 million euros ($4.2 million) to re-equip health centres in 25 war-affected districts of Cote d'Ivoire, mainly in the rebel-held north… Read more »