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Cote d'Ivoire: Govt Tracks Key Suspect in Beach Attack
VOA, 23 March 2016
Authorities in Ivory Coast say they have arrested 15 people suspected to have links with the deadly terrorist attack on a popular beach resort earlier this month. The national… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: What's Behind the Jihadist Attacks On Grand Bassam
DW, 14 March 2016
As eye-witness reports paint a clearer picture of the events in Grand Bassam, little is known about the attackers. What is clear is that while Jihadist groups in the Sahel may be… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Deadly Attack - Beyond the Targets
Al Jazeera, 14 March 2016
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the Grand-Bassam attack in Ivory Coast that left at least 16 people dead on Sunday. This latest attack indicates a… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Analysts Warned of Attack 'Months Ago'
Al Jazeera, 14 March 2016
Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch claimed responsibility after six gunmen opened fire on civilians at an Ivory Coast beach resort, killing at least 16 people. Read more »
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Algeria: Hotel Shooting in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) - No Algerian Nationals Among Victims
Algerie Presse Service, 13 March 2016
There are no Algerian nationals among the victims in a hotel shooting at a beach resort east of Abidjan, in Ivory Coast on Sunday, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: UN Officials Condemn Beach Resort Attacks
UN News, 13 March 2016
United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attacks that reportedly killed at least 14 civilians and wounded many in Côte d'Ivoire's beach resort… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: 'Women and Children Were Running and Hiding'
DW, 14 March 2016
Terrorists have attacked a popular Ivory Coast beach resort, killing locals and tourists. The latest attack has added to the string of high-profile assaults in North and West… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Al-Qaida Affiliate Claims Attack that Killed 16 in Ivory Coast
VOA, 14 March 2016
Al-Qaida's North African affiliate has claimed an attack by six heavily-armed assailants on an Ivory Coast resort that killed 14 civilians and two soldiers on Sunday. Twenty-two… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gunmen Attack Ivorian Beach Resort
allAfrica, 13 March 2016
Gunmen killed more than a dozen people when they opened fire on hotel beaches at a popular resort about 40 kilometres east of Abidjan on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Deadly Attack Hits Ivory Coast Tourist Resort
Al Jazeera, 13 March 2016
Fourteen civilians and two soldiers have been killed in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand Bassam following an attack on the popular weekend retreat, officials say. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Beach Resort Under Attack
VOA, 13 March 2016
Witnesses in Ivory Coast said a hotel in the popular beach resort of Grand-Bassam is under attack. Read more »
Al-Qaida Affiliate Claims Deadly Cote d'Ivoire Attack
Witnesses say the assailants wore hooded face masks and arrived on foot on the beach at one of the hotels, the Southern Star, which was full of foreign expatriates during a heatwave in the city of about 80,000 people.
Heavily armed gunmen opened fire at a popular Ivory Coast beach resort in Grand-Bassam.
