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Ivory Coast Votes for New President in Key Stability Test
Ivory Coast voted Sunday in a presidential election seen as a key test of stability after years of violence and upheaval in the west African country.
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Ivory Coast's 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo Jailed for 20 Years
A court in Ivory Coast today sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.
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Ivory Coast's Former First Lady Rejects Charges over Election Violence
Simone Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's former first lady, on Monday rejected charges of rebellion and xenophobia, in her first public statements at a trial over her role in a conflict that erupted after a contested 2010 election.
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Drogba part of Ivory Coast's new reconciliation commission
The Ivory Coast government announced on Monday the formation of a truth and reconciliation panel including footballer Didier Drogba, to probe post-election violence which left over 3,000 dead.
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Ivory Coast: Journalists, locals come under fire as fighting continues
A group of journalists travelling in a convoy of three vehicles was shot at as they arrived in Agboville, close to the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan on Sunday.The journalists, said to be French, did not want to interviewed or identified, but one of the drivers - Ahmed Yoda - said there had been "lots of gunfire.""The bullets started coming in our dir...
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Ivory Coast: Over 800 killed in communal violence
More than 800 people have been massacred in a western Ivory Coast town where hundreds of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers are based, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Saturday, but the U.N. military spokesman said he had no information about mass killings there.The Roman Catholic charity Caritas put the toll at more than 1,000 de...
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Ivory Coast Votes for New President in Key Stability Test
Ivory Coast voted Sunday in a presidential election seen as a key test of stability after years of violence and upheaval in the west African country.
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Ivory Coast's 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo Jailed for 20 Years
A court in Ivory Coast today sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.
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Ivory Coast's Former First Lady Rejects Charges over Election Violence
Simone Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's former first lady, on Monday rejected charges of rebellion and xenophobia, in her first public statements at a trial over her role in a conflict that erupted after a contested 2010 election.
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Drogba part of Ivory Coast's new reconciliation commission
The Ivory Coast government announced on Monday the formation of a truth and reconciliation panel including footballer Didier Drogba, to probe post-election violence which left over 3,000 dead.
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Ivory Coast: Journalists, locals come under fire as fighting continues
A group of journalists travelling in a convoy of three vehicles was shot at as they arrived in Agboville, close to the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan on Sunday.The journalists, said to be French, did not want to interviewed or identified, but one of the drivers - Ahmed Yoda - said there had been "lots of gunfire.""The bullets started coming in our dir...
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Ivory Coast: Over 800 killed in communal violence
More than 800 people have been massacred in a western Ivory Coast town where hundreds of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers are based, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Saturday, but the U.N. military spokesman said he had no information about mass killings there.The Roman Catholic charity Caritas put the toll at more than 1,000 de...
