October 06, 2002
West Africa: With No Ceasefire in Ivory Coast, War Threat Looms
Diplomatic restraint would be the description most fitting the faces of frustrated West African mediators who, after a second delay, failed to get the Cote d'Ivoire government to… Read more »
October 04, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: War Talk in Ivory Coast, Despite Regional Peace Initiative
On Wednesday in Abidjan, tens of thousands of people turned out in the streets of the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire -- and the country's main metropolis -- in support of the… Read more »
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 »
October 01, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Launch 'Patriotic Movement' And Vow To Oust Gbagbo
Almost two weeks after launching a dramatic army mutiny, and reported takeover bid, Ivorian rebels gave themselves a new name Tuesday, announcing creation of the Patriotic Movement… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Peace Effort Underway in Ivory Coast
The day after an emergency regional summit on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa dispatched a high-level ministerial delegation to Abidjan to begin efforts to restore peace… Read more »
September 30, 2002
West Africa: Ivorian Rebels Warned to Negotiate or Face Regional Intervention
An emergency one-day summit on Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ended with a pledge by West African leaders to mediate between the government and the rebels. If negotiations fail to end… Read more »
September 29, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Advance South, France Offers Logistical Help
As West African leaders prepare to meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the former colonial power, France offered logistical help to the embattled… 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 »
September 27, 2002
West Africa: Ecowas Chief Hopeful Region Can Resolve Crisis
Since the outbreak of fighting in Cote d'Ivoire last week, between mutinous soldiers and forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo, the regional economic community, Ecowas, has been… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Capture Third City - Regional Summit Shifts To Ghana
As French troops ended their 48 hour evacuation of mainly Western foreigners from Bouake, the rebels who control Cote d'Ivoire's second city prevented Ivorians from fleeing on foot… Read more »
September 26, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: West African Leaders to Meet In Abidjan, Nigeria Deploys Fighter Jets
Nigeria confirmed Thursday that it has sent three fighter jets to Cote d'Ivoire and is standing by with troops that a minister said could eventually become part of a West African… Read more »
September 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Foreign Schoolchildren Evacuated, Regional Peace Efforts Falter
French troops have rescued 160 mainly American children and staff trapped at an international school in Bouake, the central Ivorian city which has been under control of mutinous… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: French Troops Reach Trapped Schoolchildren, Burkina Denies Coup Involvement
Seven straight days after the start of a military revolt in Cote dIvoire, French troops have moved to rescue 200 foreign schoolchildren and staff trapped at the International… Read more »
September 24, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: U.S.Troops Ordered to West Africa
Just under 200 U.S. troops may imminently be deployed in Cote dIvoire. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Don Sewell told allAfrica.com that "at the request of the U.S. ambassador to… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Fresh Fighting In Bouake
Reports Tuesday from Bouake, the second largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, said there were gun battles between loyalist government troops and mutinous soldiers, who seized the town… Read more »
September 23, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Overnight Skirmishes in Bouake, French Troops Head North
Residents of rebel-controlled Bouake, in central Cote dIvoire, heard a brief but intense barrage of gunfire on Sunday night. But what many might have expected to be the "ferocious… Read more »
September 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Offered Talks, French Send in Troops
The government in Cote dIvoire announced on state television Saturday night that 270 people had been killed since an attempted coup on Thursday, with another 300 wounded in the… Read more »
September 21, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Immigrants Targeted as Government Vows All-out War Against Dissidents
Anti-immigrant feeling ran high in Cote dIvoire on Saturday, in the aftermath of a bloody military uprising and coup attempt on Thursday. The government blamed the mutiny on a… Read more »
September 20, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Ignore Ultimatum as Deadline Passes
The 15h00 GMT deadline, issued by the government of Cote dIvoire for rebel soldiers to lay down their arms, passed on Friday afternoon, with no immediate evidence that the… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Curfew Imposed, Fresh Gunfire in Abidjan
The authorities in Cote dIvoire imposed a curfew on Thursday night, after a day of heavy fighting during an army mutiny and reported coup attempt in which the Interior Minister… Read more »
September 19, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Coup or Mutiny? Former Military Ruler Guei Killed
Confusion reigned in Abidjan and other key cities in Cote dIvoire on Thursday, after residents were woken in the early morning by sustained, heavy gunfire and mortar blasts in… Read more »
December 22, 2001
Cote d'Ivoire: Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr in Côte d'Ivoire
Together with Muslims all over the world, followers of Islam in Côte d'Ivoire celebrated Eid Al-Fitr, on Sunday 16 December, to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Read more »
December 19, 2001
Cote d'Ivoire: After the Reconciliation Forum, What Next?
The National Reconciliation Forum in Cote d'Ivoire has spoken and set out its recommendations. For two long months, Ivorians from all walks of life and from all regions of the… Read more »
December 12, 2001
Burkina Faso: President Says All with HIV/Aids Should Have Drugs
President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso opened the 12th International Conference on AIDS and STDS (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) in Africa (ICASA) on Sunday 9 December in the… Read more »
September 07, 2001
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire A Xenophobic Nation? No Way, Says Justice Minister
The full title of the United Nations World Conference against Racism includes Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Although the dominant issues have been the… Read more »
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