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Ivory Coast: Fighters sneak in Ghana refugee camps

November 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Côte d’Ivoire: UN expert urges creation of peaceful and secure space for political participation

January 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 27, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following violent clashes between supporters and opponents of the President of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan last Saturday, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire, Doudou … read more »

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Jerry Rawlings: ICC abducted Gbagbo

December 6, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Accra – A former Ghanaian president on Monday slammed Ivory Coast ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo’s transfer to the International Criminal Court as abduction and his treatment as humiliating. Jerry Rawlings said in a statement he had learned “with dismay” of Gbagbo’s … read more »

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Gbagbo’s party urged to contest polls

November 1, 2011 by benim

Abidjan – Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday he wanted the party of his ousted predecessor Laurent Gbagbo to take part in the December 11 legislative elections. Ouattara, who emerged victorious – with Western backing – from a deadly … read more »

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I.Coast Gbagbo’s party won’t be in legislative polls

October 27, 2011 by benim

Abidjan – A spokesperson for the party of Ivory Coast’s toppled ruler said it will not participate in the country’s upcoming legislative elections scheduled for mid-December. Franck Bamba said on Wednesday the Ivorian Popular Front party would not participate “if … read more »

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Ghana shuts down embassy in Cote d’Ivoire

April 19, 2011 by benim

THE writing was on the wall as soon as President JEA Mills of Ghana uttered the controversial dziwo fie asem words which betrayed the regional body, ECOWAS, and, by extension, the wish of the majority of Ivorians to have their … read more »

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