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December 14, 2010 by benim
Council follows lead of West African bloc ECOWAS * U.N.’s Choi rejects interference charge * Says Gbagbo victory impossible given results (Recasts with U.N. Security Council statement) By Tim Cocks and Patrick Worsnip ABIDJAN/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The … read more »
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December 14, 2010 by benim
The European Union agreed to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo on Monday, and his army deployed near his rival’s headquarters in a standoff later defused by the U.N. envoy. Gbagbo is in a power struggle with Alassane … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Election, News, Politics, West Africa
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December 12, 2010 by benim
The African Union does not favour sanctions for now over a disputed presidential election in Ivory coast and will instead stick to quiet diplomacy, the Union’s top security official said on Sunday. A row over who won an election on … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, News, Politics, West Africa
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December 11, 2010 by benim
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo must concede the presidency and accept his rival Alassane Ouattara as head of state before talks can begin on settling their power struggle, Ouattara’s camp said on Saturday. Gbagbo has floated the idea of talks … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, News, Politics, West Africa
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December 10, 2010 by benim
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The uniformed men came in the morning, while the youths in the opposition neighborhood were sleeping. Some wore masks. They broke down metal doors, grabbed the young men from their beds and, yelling insults, beat them … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Election, News, Politics, West Africa
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December 8, 2010 by benim
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS recognised Alassane Ouattara as Ivory Coast’s president-elect on Tuesday after a disputed ballot and urged incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to accept defeat. Gbagbo earlier defied international demands for him to yield and he named a … read more »
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December 7, 2010 by benim
Cote d’Ivoire has been suspended from a regional body representing 15 West African countries after its incumbent president and the leader of the opposition both claimed victory in the country’s runoff poll. The suspension was announced on Tuesday by Goodluck … read more »
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December 7, 2010 by benim
Ivory Coast’s presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara offered government posts on Monday to members of his rival Laurent Gbagbo’s cabinet, if Gbagbo stepped down. It was the latest manoeuvre in a power struggle that has enveloped the West African state since … read more »
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December 6, 2010 by benim
Tyres burned as demonstrators call for incumbent president to step down, while opposition threatens forced removal Tensions were rising in Ivory Coast today, after demonstrators burned tyres in Abidjan to protest against President Laurent Gbagbo’s refusal to step down after … read more »
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December 6, 2010 by benim
Kenyan police have arrested 346 foreigners in Nairobi in a major operation after two separate grenade and gun attacks last week killed three policemen, officers said on Monday. In the first attack, unidentified men lobbed a grenade into a police … read more »
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Militants from war-torn Somalia are using refugee routes into Yemen as a cover for making contact with an al-Qaeda group responsible for a series of plots against the West. Yemeni officials have claimed that members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group … read more »
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November 6, 2010 by benim
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rake-thin young men wearing headscarves covering their faces shoulder AK-47 rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers. They clamber through the ruins of Mogadishu, heading to the frontlines where they begin firing upon positions held by the Transitional … read more »
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November 3, 2010 by benim
GENEVA — The UN refugee agency made an urgent appeal to Kenya Wednesday not to turn back Somalis fleeing across the border from fighting between a pro-government militia and Islamist Shebab fighters. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Africa news, African countries, African Union member states, Demography, Forced migration, Geneva, geography, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Islamism, Kenya, Mandera, Political geography, political-news, Refugee, Right of asylum, Social Issues, Somali people, Somalia, Switzerland, timeline of the War in Somalia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, War Conflict
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October 25, 2010 by benim
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens others injured in fresh wave of violence between Somali government forces and insurgent group that engulfed parts of war-torn Somalia capital Mogadishu, witnesses and Medical official said. Fierce gunbattle and shelling … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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