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November 30
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Cote d'Ivoire: Govt Returns to North
After almost a decade of rebel rule, northern Côte d'Ivoire is coming to terms with a new authority as the government of President Alassane Ouattara, who assumed power some... Read more »
November 7
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Farmers Welcome State-Imposed Prices
Cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest producer, began the 2012-2013 season in October with a minimum price guaranteed by the state. This measure, part of the... Read more »
October 23
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Cote d'Ivoire: Crackdown Sparks Rights Abuse Allegations
Since a spate of attacks on Côte d'Ivoire's army and police bases in August, several civilians have been rounded up, beaten and detained for ransom, say rights groups and... Read more »
October 19
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire - Facing Insecurity With Unreformed Army
Armed raids on military and police bases, a border post and other key installations in Côte d'Ivoire since August are deepening insecurity in a country struggling to forge a... Read more »
September 20
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West Africa: Stability Vital to Region
More than a year after civil unrest broke out in Burkina Faso, observers and analysts say despite some progress, and sustained support for President Blaise Compaoré, tension... Read more »
August 27
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Cote d'Ivoire: Universities to Reopen After Political Unrest
When Côte d'Ivoire's five public universities reopen on 3 September, 61,000 students will arrive for the first time after almost two years since they were closed in the... Read more »
August 10
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gunfire and Fear in Abidjan
A recent wave of armed attacks in Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, is lowering hopes of a steady return to security in a city that suffered some of the worst... Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Desperation After Last IDP Refuge Razed
On the morning of 20 July, after an attack that killed four people around Duékoué, a town in Côte d'Ivoire's turbulent west, a huge crowd surrounded the nearby... Read more »
August 4
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire - 'We Should Stop Killing Each Other' [analysis]
Dishes and cups scorched brown by flames, and ragged tarpaulin clinging to charred wooden frames litter Nahibly camp for the displaced in Duékoué, western Côte... Read more »
July 31
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Cote d'Ivoire: 'Enough Is Enough'
Hundreds of armed youths stormed Côte d'Ivoire's last camp for the displaced outside Duékoué city in the turbulent western region on 20 July. They killed at... Read more »
July 24
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Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian Refugees' Future Uncertain
In July 2012 a cessation clause came into force, stripping the remaining Liberians of their refugee status as the UN declared that it has been six years since the conflict ended,... Read more »
July 20
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Cote d'Ivoire: Hard Road to Reconciliation
A local human rights group estimates that around 200 supporters of ousted president Laurent Gbagbo have been detained, mostly in northern Côte d'Ivoire. Gbagbo, who is being... Read more »
July 19
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Cote d'Ivoire: Dozo As Protector, Dozo As Assailant
They are dozos: a brotherhood of initiated traditional hunters renowned for their mystical powers, and to be found in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Mali. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire-Liberia - 'There Is No Way I Could Go Back'
Da Tatouwa, the name he chooses to go by, is a senior figure in the Ivorian refugee community in Zwedru, the capital of Grand Gedeh, which enjoys strong ties with the Krahn of... Read more »
June 29
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote D'Ivoire - Will DDR Work This Time?
Tens of thousands of combatants who fought in the 2010-2011 post-election conflict in Côte d'Ivoire - including members of militia groups who fought for former President... Read more »
June 27
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Liberia: Tracking Down Mercenaries
More than a year after the end of the conflict in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire, the Liberian government has pledged to deal once and for all with longstanding complaints of its... Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Stuck Between Refuge and Risk
Intermittent violence and widespread insecurity have left thousands of villagers in western Côte d'Ivoire stuck between fleeing their villages for the greater safety of... Read more »
June 13
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Cote d'Ivoire: Militia Attack Forces Hundreds to Flee
Up to a dozen people jostle for space in small houses meant for families of four, but at least they have found refuge in Duékoué, a town near the Liberian border. Read more »
May 22
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Cote d'Ivoire: Traders Resist Rice Price Rules
Some 320,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire are grappling with hunger partly because they cannot afford the high prices of imported rice, but government efforts to bring down the... Read more »
May 16
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Cote d'Ivoire: Traders Resist Rice Price Rules
South of the Sahel, where drought, high food prices and other factors have pushed some 16 million into hunger, 320,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire are also grappling with food... Read more »
April 26
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Cote d'Ivoire: Displaced in West Feel 'Forgotten'
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire promised paved roads, an end to power cuts and water shortages, better mobile phone coverage, and a new university in the... Read more »
April 2
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Cote d'Ivoire: Farmers and Forecasts
Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d'Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get... Read more »
February 8
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Cote d'Ivoire: Leprosy Fight Still Flagging
Côte d'Ivoire's leprosy programme was consistently under-funded during the civil war (2002-2007) and last year's political turmoil, say health practitioners, leading to a... Read more »
February 2
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Cote d'Ivoire: Meningitis Spreads As People Scramble for Vaccine
Eleven people have died from meningitis out of 40 reported cases in four departments across Côte d'Ivoire as of 31 January, leaving people scrambling to access the vaccine... Read more »
January 30
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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 »
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