The UN’s Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an urgent Security Council meeting on Côte d’Ivoire following reports of illegal arms deliveries.
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/ 25 February 2011
At least 10 soldiers loyal to the disputed presidency of Laurent Gbagbo have been killed by unidentified "commandos".
A new Côte d’Ivoire militant group claims it killed 27 police and paramilitary forces loyal to the sitting president who refuses to cede power.
Gunfire shook Abidjan on Wednesday as forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo clashed with gunmen backing his presidential rival.
An upsurge in fighting in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday threatened diplomatic efforts to end a tug-of-war between rival claimants to the presidency.
As African presidents met in Côte d’Ivoire to end the crisis, President Jacob Zuma was mobbed by angry youths to highlight their problems.
South African football official Danny Jordaan lost his bid to join Fifa’s 24-man executive committee on Wednesday.
Four African leaders met Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday to present proposals to end a deadly impasse with his rival.
Ivorian troops killed at least six protesters calling on Laurent Gbagbo to step down as leader on Monday as African presidents arrived in Abidjan.
African presidents tasked with resolving Côte d’Ivoire’s crisis began arriving in Abidjan on Monday to propose a solution.
President Jacob Zuma will join other African heads of state to help resolve the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire this weekend, the government has said.
Côte d’Ivoire’s incumbent leader filed a lawsuit on Monday against Ecowas for recognising his rival as the winner of the country’s elections.
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/ 9 February 2011
Striker Didier Drogba enjoyed a winning return to international football against Mali on Tuesday in his first match since last year’s World Cup.
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/ 9 February 2011
The chairperson of West Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday criticised SA for sending a warship to the region amid Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis.
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/ 7 February 2011
Experts sent by an African Union panel tasked with mediating peace in Côte d’Ivoire arrived in Abidjan on Sunday.
International sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo are beginning to bite with ordinary Ivorians feeling the pinch.
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/ 4 February 2011
The most trusted ship in the SA navy was deployed to evacuate South Africans in Côte d’Ivoire in the event of widespread civil disorder.
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said South Africa remained a neutral mediator in Côte d’Ivoire’s political deadlock, the SABC reported.
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/ 1 February 2011
A high-level panel named by the African Union faces an uphill battle in agreeing a unified stand on Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis.
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/ 1 February 2011
African leaders set a one-month deadline to solve Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis as they wound up a summit on Monday.
It was business as usual as the AU’s two-day summit stuck to its planned schedule, despite the problems in Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Côte d’Ivoire.
<b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reflects on the recent events in Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan and Tunisia in light of the AU’s biannual summit.
American President Barack Obama is expected to focus more on Africa in 2011. This comes none too soon, <b>Francis Kornegay</b>.
African leaders said on Monday that Sudan and Somalia had not been forgotten at their annual summit, overshadowed by the crisis in Egypt.
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/ 31 January 2011
Chocolate consumers in Europe have been warned that major cocoa companies are effectively providing Gbagbo of Côte d’Ivoire with money to buy weapons.
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/ 31 January 2011
It lies lost and buried beneath the ground. <b>Verashni Pillay</b> imagines what it may be used for.
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/ 30 January 2011
Africa and the international community must stand firm against efforts by Côte d’Ivoire’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to cling on to power.
The African Union said on Friday it would form a panel of heads of state to solve the leadership crisis in Côte d’Ivoire.
The battle for control of Côte d’Ivoire moved to Pretoria this week as lobbyists for the presidential rivals tried to swing the SA government.
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/ 27 January 2011
African leaders will try to bridge their divide over the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire as they meet for a summit this weekend.
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/ 27 January 2011
The prime minister in Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally recognised government said on Wednesday that force was still the best option.
Armed forces in Côte d’Ivoire who back incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have conducted a campaign of violence that includes torture and rape.