Abidjan — A day after French troops clashed with unidentified armed men in Cote d'Ivoire's western town of Duekoue, loyalist troops clashed for several hours against a group of armed men, leaving casualties on both sides.
Army spokesman, Lt-Col Jules Yao Yao told IRIN on Thursday that the government troops engaged the armed men from around 14:00 GMT on Wednesday in the western town of Toulepleu, close to the Liberian border. The fighting ceased in the late evening, only to start again early Thursday morning, Yao Yao said.
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