October 22, 2002
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
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 »
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 »
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 »
October 02, 2002
Senegal: Ministers Resign Over Ferry Disaster
Two Senegalese ministers have resigned after last week's ferry catastrophe, which cost the lives of an estimated 1000 passengers. Official figures put the number of survivors at… Read more »
October 01, 2002
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
Senegal: Growing Anger and Despair As Hundreds Lost In Senegal Ferry Disaster
Three days after a Senegalese ferry capsized in a storm off the coast of Gambia, there is growing public anger and fading hopes that more of the almost 800 passengers listed on… Read more »
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 »
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