Cote d'Ivoire: Youth Gangs Warning in Abidjan

Children and teenagers who were drawn into the 2010-2011 post-election conflict are joining armed gangs in Abidjan after being abandoned by politicians and others who exploited them at the time, writes IRIN.

Ivoirian security forces restrain a crowd protesting against the "microbes" youth gang rampaging in the commercial capital Abidjan.

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