The United Nations wants between 1 000 and 2 000 additional peacekeepers for Côte d’Ivoire.
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.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to further talks to end his country’s crisis, buying himself time after a demand that he step down.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a resolution to the crisis gripping the nation, mediators said on Tuesday.
The Côte d’Ivoire crisis remains deadlocked, the leader of the Ecowas West African regional bloc said on Tuesday.
African mediators left Côte d’Ivoire without a breakthrough in the West African nation’s presidential vote crisis.
African mediators flew in to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday in their bid to get President Laurent Gbagbo to stand down following disputed polls.
The United Nations said it will do everything it can to locate areas where human rights abuses have allegedly occurred in Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo told his presidential rival on Saturday not to expect foreign troops to install him in power by force.
A spokesperson for Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said that Ecowas must use military force soon to oust Laurent Gbagbo.
In a divided nation of 21-million, the UN has expressed alarm at human rights abuses and there are fears of a civil war
West African countries are holding off on threats to use force to push Laurent Gbagbo out of office but military chiefs are mapping out a strategy.
UN advisers expressed grave fears on Thursday about ethnic violence in Côte d’Ivoire after its disputed presidential election.
The United Nations accused incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s security forces of continuing to block access to mass graves on Thursday.
The ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally-backed president Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that the UN had to act to prevent "genocide".
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.
Fears of fighting in Côte d’Ivoire grew on Monday following a threat from West African neighbours to force out incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.
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/ 27 December 2010
Supporters of Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally accepted president Alassane Outtara on Monday peacefully took over their country’s Paris embassy.
An attempt by would-be Côte d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara to call a strike to force strongman Laurent Gbagbo from office appeared to fall flat.
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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/ 26 December 2010
Three West African presidents will fly to Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force.
West African heads of state threatened on Friday to use force to oust incumbent Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power.
West African leaders decided to meet for emergency talks on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire as strongman Laurent Gbagbo resists calls to step aside.
The United Nations has demanded a halt to the "atrocities" triggered by Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis that have left 173 dead.
The UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire confirmed international peacekeepers met heavily-armed fighters who spoke English and said they were Liberian.
United Nations human rights officials said on Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed in Côte d’Ivoire in the past week.
The international community may bolster the UN force in Côte d’Ivoire to head off any potential challenge by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo.
France asked its citizens to leave Côte d’Ivoire and the World Bank froze funding to the country on Wednesday, as a power struggle deepened.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo has defied a global avalanche of criticism, insisting he is the true president of his country.
Defiant Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo dug in his heels on Tuesday under a barrage of international criticism.
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/ 21 December 2010
The United Nations Security Council extended its peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday.