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Cote d'Ivoire: Govt Blames Attacks On Gbagbo Supporters
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 8 August 2012
A prominent headline in Le Patriote (p. 1) quotes the Interior Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, as saying that "supporters of the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, were behind the series… Read more »
Ivorian Govt Blames Attack of Army Base On Gbagbo Supporters
The government is blaming militias and soldiers loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo for carrying out series of attacks on an army base and police stations in Abidjan that killed 10 soldiers.
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Cote d'Ivoire: Unidentified Gunmen Attack Military Camp
UN News, 6 August 2012
The United Nations envoy in Côte d'Ivoire has strongly condemned today's attack against a military base in Abidjan that left seven soldiers from the national army dead and… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: At Least Four Soldiers Reportedly Killed By Gunmen At Police Stations in Abidjan
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 6 August 2012
A prominent report on the Abidjan.net website states that at least four soldiers were killed and many others were wounded over the weekend as unidentified gunmen attacked a police… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire - 'We Should Stop Killing Each Other'
UNIRIN, 3 August 2012
Dishes and cups scorched brown by flames, and ragged tarpaulin clinging to charred wooden frames litter Nahibly camp for the displaced in Duékoué, western Côte… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Rebranding the Army
UNIRIN, 5 October 2011
The Ivoirian government is rebranding the national army to change the force's negative image as it undergoes major reforms, which include demobilizing 10,000 soldiers by the end of… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire - Challenge of Restoring Security
IPS, 9 June 2011
In a shelter covered by a tattered blue tarpaulin, Ibrahim Traoré sits beside his militia commander to hear complaints from residents of the Abidjan neighbourhood of… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Media Raise Fear of Civil War
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 25 February 2011
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Leaders Face Conundrum With Rowdy Ex-Rebels
RNW Africa, 28 December 2011
Recent deadly clashes involving Ivory Coast ex-rebels highlight the most urgent and difficult task facing President Alassane Ouattara - reforming the armed forces without… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Former Pro-Ouattara Rebels Still Need Reining in
UNIRIN, 30 December 2011
Eight months after President Allassane Ouattara assumed office at the end of a prolonged civil conflict, peace remains fragile amid abuses and killings by former rebel fighters who… Read more »
InFocus
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The government is blaming militias and soldiers loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo for carrying out series of attacks on an army base and police stations in Abidjan that ... Read more »
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Attacks in Abidjan and the west of the country are challenging the government to speed up reforms of the security forces. Read more »
