October 16, 2002
West Africa: Ivory Coast Loyalist Forces Recapture Cocoa Capital, Rebels Lay Out Demands
After four days of fighting, in which loyalist and rebel troops traded control of Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa capital, Daloa, the town was reported to have been recaptured by government… Read more »
October 15, 2002
West Africa: Ivory Coast Rebels Pull Out Of Peace Talks, Demand President's Resignation
Rebel commanders in Cote d'Ivoire's second city, Bouake, pulled out of regionally brokered negotiations Monday, accusing the government of President Laurent Gbagbo of recruiting… Read more »
October 14, 2002
West Africa: Ivory Coast Rebels Seize Key Cocoa Town As Mediation Hopes Increase
Rebels in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) claimed they captured the country's key cocoa producing town of Daloa on Sunday, as West African envoys reported progress in their efforts to… Read more »
October 12, 2002
West Africa: Thousands Flee as Diplomatic Mediation Renewed in Ivory Coast
As the Senegalese foreign minister began efforts to jumpstart West African mediation Saturday to end the three-week conflict in Cote d'Ivoire, there were reports of heavy gunfire… Read more »
October 11, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Civilians Flee Rebel Stronghold in Ivory Coast, Despite Fresh Regional Mediation
Reports from central Cote d'Ivoire Thursday said thousands of people behind rebel lines were streaming out of the city of Bouake, fearful that dissident troops would make good on… Read more »
October 09, 2002
Liberia: Liberia's Story Needs Telling, Says Film Producer
Part of what her television film "Liberia -- America's Stepchild" portrays, says producer Nancee Oku Bright, is that Liberia's "usefulness" to the United States ended, in the eyes… Read more »
October 08, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Announces Imminent Recapture of Rebel-Held Bouake
"Bouake is liberated," was a triumphant announcement on Cote d'Ivoire state radio on Monday evening, prompting some Ivorians to break into a victory dance featured on national… Read more »
October 04, 2002
West Africa: Rebels Agree to Ceasefire After Two-Week Uprising
It took an hour and a half, and a long wait under a tree in a French schoolyard, for West African mediators to get agreement from Cote d'Ivoire's rebels to an immediate ceasefire… Read more »
September 28, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Price Hits 16-Year High Amid Ivorian Unrest
The price of cocoa, Cote d'Ivoire's primary export, jumped to its highest level in 16 years this week in a clear indication that the current crisis in the world's leading producer… Read more »