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The Hague – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday told the International Criminal Court, which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity, that he had always been pro-democracy. “All my life, I fought for democracy,” … read more »
Laurent Gbagbo, the first former head of state to appear before the International Criminal Court, attended a pre-trial hearing today on charges of crimes against humanity. The former Ivorian leader, wearing a dark blue suit and a light blue tie, … read more »
Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara is scheduled to leave for Addis-Ababa on Friday to take part in the 20th African Union (AU) Summit of the heads of state and government, an official source said on Thursday. The Malian crisis will … read more »
The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Thursday for the Ivory Coast’s former first lady, accusing her of crimes against humanity in the aftermath of her husband’s election defeat in 2010. It says that Simone Gbagbo, wife of Laurent … read more »
In Mali, Ansar Dine, one of the armed Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, said Wednesday it was no longer seeking to impose strict sharia law across the entire country, but still wanted to keep it in its stronghold of Kidal, … read more »
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his government in a surprise move on Wednesday, citing a lack of solidarity within his coalition cabinet. Ouattara became president in the West African state after beating incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in a 2010 run-off … read more »
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ivory Coast officials say that fighters who backed former president Laurent Gbagbo have infiltrated refugee camps in Ghana and are accused of attacking security bases back in Ivory Coast. Human rights groups say the presence of … read more »
Abidjan – A new report from UN experts accuses exiled allies of Ivory Coast’s former president of trying to recruit Islamist rebels who took control of the northern half of neighbouring Mali in a campaign to destabilise the volatile West … read more »
By: VOA By Anne Look Mali’s interim leader Dioncounda Traore requested thatthe West African regional bloc ECOWAS provide “military assistance” to recover occupied territory in the north and fight terrorism. The reported request was made in a letter delivered to … read more »
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The new president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, began an African tour Tuesday with a call to Ivory Coast to “choose peace” in order to foster economic growth. Kim, 52, a Korean-American physician and anthropologist, took up his … read more »
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ABIDJAN: Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighboring West African countries said yesterday. Gbagbo is awaiting trial at … read more »
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Hamed Bakayoko told Radio France International (RFI) he believed the attackers received their orders from Gbagbo loyalists in neighbouring Ghana. One assailant was also killed in the gun battle on Monday in the Riviera district of Abidjan, the main city. … read more »
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West African leaders are poised to submit a new request for military invention in Mali to the U.N. Security Council, and boots could be on the ground within weeks, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara told French weekly Journal du Dimanche. … read more »
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(AP) — An angry mob of some 300 people stormed a U.N.-guarded refugee camp in Ivory Coast Friday, looting the shelters, burning them down and killing at least five of the refugees, according to officials. About 90 percent of the … read more »
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The top Ecowas mediator, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, told the meeting of politicians, religious and trade union leaders that a new government must “confront the terrorist peril in the north”. Ecowas chairman Alassane Ouattara, the president of Cote d’Ivoire, … read more »
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In Ivory Coast, a member of former President Laurent Gbagbo’s party says the foiled coup attempt announced by President Alassane Ouattara’s government is a figment of their imagination. Tcheide Jean Gervais, treasurer for former President Gbagbo’s Popular Front Party, told … read more »
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Authorities in Ivory Coast have discovered and prevented a plot to overthrow the government organised by exiled military officers and a close advisor to former President Laurent Gbagbo, the interior minister said late on Tuesday.ccr The minister, Hamed Bakayoko, said … read more »
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Liberia’s foreign minister says his country will take every measure to ensure there is peace in neighboring Ivory Coast, after Liberia closed its border between the two nations. The closing followed Friday’s killing of seven United Nations peacekeepers and eight … read more »
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After a year in office, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is betting a rapid revival of the West African nation’s economy will help heal lingering divisions following a decade of political deadlock and armed conflict. The results so far have … read more »
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Abidjan – Six people were killed in an overnight attack on a village in Ivory Coast’s restive south-west bordering Liberia, a military source said on Wednesday. “The attack staged at night in the village of Sakre claimed six lives,” said … read more »
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Duekoue – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara headed to the western town of Duekoue on Monday, the scene of the worst killings during the post-election crisis. Ouattara’s visit to Duekoue comes at the end of a three-day trip to the … read more »
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Abidjan – The lawyer for Ivory Coast’s firebrand ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo, Rodrigue Dadje, has been charged with threatening national security and jailed, a colleague said Wednesday. Gbagbo, who was seen as a formidable power-broker before her husband Laurent was … read more »
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International pressure built Tuesday for leaders of the military group that seized power last month from Mali’s democratically elected president to restore the nation to civilian rule. The African Union said Tuesday it will impose more sanctions on the country, … read more »
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The independence fighters who have captured most of northeastern Mali from the country’s disarrayed government say they now occupy all the territory they want, will make no further advances and are open to talks. “Our objective is not to go … read more »
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Bamako – Mali braced for possible sanctions on Monday after its military rulers pledged to start returning power to civilians but no concrete moves were taken and it was not clear if neighbours would lift threats of isolation. A 72-hour … read more »
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Bamako – Several thousand people took to the streets of Mali’s capital in support of last week’s coup and to protest against the possible use of force by Mali’s neighbours who are putting a peacekeeping unit on standby in case … read more »
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Bamako – The body representing nations in western Africa has put a peacekeeping force on standby in the most direct threat yet to the junta that seized control of this nation in a coup last week. Alassane Ouattara, the president … read more »
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Mali’s neighbours threatened on Tuesday to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge the army leaders behind last week’s coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers. A summit of the West African … read more »
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Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara took the crucial post of defence minister in a new government which was unveiled on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio will also serve as justice minister in the new cabinet, the presidency said … read more »
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Abidjan – A military court in Ivory Coast put on trial on Friday 28 paramilitary police accused of crimes in the period last year when former president Laurent Gbagbo tried to cling to power, a prosecutor said. “These gendarmes, including … read more »
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