November 28, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: More War Talk As New Anti-Government Group Surfaces In Ivory Coast
Fresh developments in the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire were reported on Thursday, with the appearance of a second group opposed to the government of President Laurent Gbagbo. Read more »
November 26, 2002
West Africa: Ghana Denies Rebel Allegations Of Military Support To Ivorian Government
A leading Ivorian rebel spokesman has accused the government of Ghana of providing military support to the Cote d'Ivoire authorities and of allowing its territory, at the northwest… Read more »
November 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ghana Denies Military Backing For Government Fight Against Rebels In Ivory Coast
Rebels of the Patriotic Movement of Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI) Sunday, accused neighbouring Ghana of allowing its territory to be used by troops loyal to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo… Read more »
November 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast New Peace Plan, UN Launches Multimillion Dollar Aid Appeal
West African mediators, trying to broker a peace deal between the Cote d'Ivoire government and rebels, handed both delegations in nearby Togo a fresh draft peace plan Thursday to… Read more »
November 11, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Peace Talks on Hold as Rebels Consult
Ivorian rebel representatives left the Togolese capital, Lome, to return to their stronghold in Cote dIvoire's central city of Bouake , to consult their colleagues and supporters… Read more »
November 07, 2002
West Africa: West African Army Chiefs Agree Buffer Force for Ivory Coast
West African defence chiefs meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, have agreed the deployment of a regional peace-keeping force in Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »
October 30, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Two Sides Wide Apart as Ivory Coast Peace Talks Begin
The Cote dIvoire rebel delegation arrived first in the Togolese capital Lome, Sunday, and settled into one of the upper floors of the citys once classiest hotel. President… Read more »
October 27, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ecowas Agrees to Send 2000 Peacekeepers to Ivory Coast
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) agreed Saturday night to send a 2,000-strong military force, headed by Senegal, to monitor the ceasefire in Cote dIvoire. Read more »
October 24, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mbeki says Ivory Coast Must Deal With Underlying Tensions
South African President Thabo Mbeki, the current chairman of the African Union (AU), was among the leaders who gathered in Cote dIvoires economic capital, Abidjan, Wednesday, for… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Chief Calls for 'Sacrifice and Compromise' in Ivory Coast
The president of Togo, Gnassingbe Eyadema, has been designated the coordinator for the contact group of regional leaders, created by the Economic Community of West African States… Read more »
October 23, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: West African and AU leaders scheduled for Ivory Coast talks
West African heads of state, and the leader of the African Union (AU), have begun preliminary talks, Wednesday, aimed at ending a five week rebellion, which has left hundreds of… Read more »
October 22, 2002
West Africa: Arbitrary Killing of Muslims in Ivory Coast's Cocoa Capital
Reports from Daloa, Cote dIvoires western cocoa heartland, say men in military uniform have been carrying out arbitrary killings of civilians in the town, since it was recaptured… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Demonstrators Attack French Base in Ivory Coast, Demanding Ouattara
French troops in Cote dIvoires main city, Abidjan, fired teargas Tuesday to stop thousands of demonstrators who tried and failed to storm the main gate of the permanent French… Read more »
October 21, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ceasefire Holding, Ecowas Mini-Summit on Wednesday
French military forces - who agreed Friday to act as a buffer force between loyalist and rebel troops in Cote d'Ivoire until the arrival of a West African ceasefire monitoring… Read more »
October 17, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Agree to Ceasefire with Government
Cote d'Ivoire's MPCI rebels in the central, rebel-held town of Bouake have agreed to a truce in their four-week conflict with the government. Read more »
West Africa: West African Envoys Optimistic Ahead Of Scheduled Truce in Ivory Coast
As they set off on their latest journey to Cote d'Ivoire's central rebel-held town of Bouake, West African peace mediators said they were optimistic they would return with an… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast President: 'We cannot just cross our arms. Let's be done with all this once and for all.'
Four weeks after the rebellion began in Cote d'Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo speaks about the crisis in his country. Read more »
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
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast President Tells Rebels 'Surrender Your Weapons and Talk'
"Lay down your arms and everything is possible," Cote d'Ivoire president, Laurent Gbagbo, told rebels Tuesday night in a nationwide television broadcast since the start of a… 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 07, 2002
West Africa: Regional Mediation Fails in Ivory Coast; Government Launches Attack
"Ceasefire! Gbagbo says no!" reads Monday morning's banner headline of the state-run Fraternite Matin newspaper, announcing Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's decision Sunday not… Read more »
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