Cote d'Ivoire has been plunged into political turmoil, while
Cote d'Ivoire's Gbagbo Defies West African Leaders
A delegation of West African leaders met Laurent Gbagbo and demanded that he step down from the presidency or face forceful removal.
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Cote d'Ivoire: Back to Square One?
UNIRIN, 30 December 2010
NGOs working in northeastern Liberia say many of the 30,000 refugees arriving from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire are reporting widespread violence and intimidation from both… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Puts Military Intervention on Hold
This Day, 29 December 2010
President Goodluck Jonathan has said the final decision on what to do about the refusal of beleaguered outgoing president of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to heed the global call… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: UN Envoy Requests Meeting With Gbagbo
Leadership, 29 December 2010
Head of the UN Peace keeping Operations, Mr Alain Le Roy, has requested a meeting with defeated President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Defies West African Leaders
Leadership, 29 December 2010
A delegation of West African leaders yesterday met Cote d'Ivoire's embattled President Laurent Gbagbo yesterday and demanded that he step down from the presidency or face forceful… Read more »
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West Africa: Jonathan, West African Leaders Meet Over Ivory Coast
Vanguard, 25 December 2010
West African leaders held emergency talks yesterday in Abuja on the Ivory Coast crisis with the United States searching for more UN troops and France offering Laurent Gbagbo a… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Kenya's Odinga to Lead African Union Mediation
Nation, 27 December 2010
Prime Minister Raila Odinga will lead the African Union efforts to resolve the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Angola Denies Military Backing for Gbagbo; Attacks World Community
ANGOP, 25 December 2010
The Angolan Government strongly condemns the defamatory campaign in circulation, according to which purported Angolan mercenaries or soldiers have been spotted in Côte… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Ecowas to Gbagbo - Quit or Be Forced Out
This Day, 24 December 2010
The Economic Community of West African States rose from its extraordinary summit at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday with an ultimatum to Laurent Gbagbo of… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo May Face International Criminal Court
Vanguard, 25 December 2010
Embattled Laurent Gbagbo may face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity if he allows his country to slip into a second round of civil war… Read more »
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West Africa: Regional Leaders to Meet on Cote d'Ivoire Crisis
This Day, 23 December 2010
Ahead of today's meeting of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja over Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis, United States President Barack Obama… Read more »
InFocus
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As Côte d'Ivoire's incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo prepares to face an ultimatum from West African leaders, a call for a general strike from rival Alassane Ouattara seemed to ... Read more »
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The transition government of Guinea has announced the immediate closure of its borders and the sacking of the country's deputy Army Chief of Staff ahead of its run-off. Read more »
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United Nations human rights officers have substantiated allegations of 173 killings, 90 instances of torture and ill-treatment, 471 arrests and detentions and 24 cases of enforced ... Read more »
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The African Union has suspended Côte d'Ivoire until presidential challenger Alassane Ouattara assumes power. Read more »
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Nigerians living in Cote d'Ivoire gathered outside the Nigerian embassy in Abidjan saying that they feared they could be targeted in retaliatory violence if Nigeria and other West ... Read more »
