As African presidents met in Côte d’Ivoire to end the crisis, President Jacob Zuma was mobbed by angry youths to highlight their problems.
Ivorian troops killed at least six protesters calling on Laurent Gbagbo to step down as leader on Monday as African presidents arrived in Abidjan.
Time is running out for a peaceful settlement of Côte d’Ivoire’s crisis, Kenyan premier Raila Odinga said on Friday.
Military intervention in Côte d’Ivoire will not necessarily trigger a civil war, presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday.
Ivorian security forces on Wednesday maintained a near total blockade of the hotel where presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up.
Presidents who met Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday to deliver an ultimatum to step down or face force said more meetings were needed.
Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara called on Sunday for a nationwide general strike that would shut the country down.
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/ 19 December 2010
Côte d’Ivoire’s leader Laurent Gbagbo ordered the UN and French troops to leave the country but UN chief Ban Ki-moon is refusing to budge.
Allies of presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara have urged Ivorians to join a new march through Abidjan to seize the state broadcaster’s building.
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/ 20 February 2010
Security forces in Côte d’Ivoire opened fire on hundreds of protesters in south-western Gagnoa town Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people.