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/ 13 December 2010
The EU said it is ready to slap "restrictive measures" against Côte d’Ivoire where Gbagbo is refusing to recognise his rival’s victory.
Laurent Gbagbo wants to "sit down and talk" with his internationally backed rival for power in Côte d’Ivoire , reports say.
Laurent Gbagbo face growing isolation and pressure to quit power in Côte d’Ivoire with world powers freezing him out and his rivals seeking the army.
Ivorian leader told Mbeki that Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election had been rigged and that the outcome could not be trusted.
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/ 9 December 2010
A senior American diplomat has called on Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo to "do the mature, statesmanlike thing" and accept electoral defeat.
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday backed Alassane Ouattara as the winner of Côte d’Ivoire’s disputed November 28 presidential election.
Regional bodies, businesses and locals grappled with the political crisis enveloping Côte d’Ivoire with defeated Laurent Gbagbo refusing to step down.
International mediators have urged a peaceful end to a political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire amid the threat of unrest.
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/ 6 December 2010
There is no logic behind rewarding the violence of losers, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Côte d’Ivoire was in turmoil on Monday as rivals challenging Laurent Gbagbo’s claim to the presidency declared they had formed a government.
Both of Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential candidates said they had taken the oath of office, leading to Thabo Mbeki’s arrival as mediator.
Airport sources said Thabo Mbeki arrived on Sunday in Abidjan on an emergency mission to mediate after Côte d’Ivoire’s disputed presidential election.
Former president thabo Mbeki has been requested by the African Union to help resolve the Côte d’Ivoire presidential dispute.
Côte d’Ivoire was in lockdown on Friday with ports, borders, and airports sealed as President Laurent Gbagbo’s allies rejected election results.
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was ahead in an election, the electoral commission said on Thursday, but he will face a run-off vote.
A second-round run-off looms in the Côte d’Ivoire presidential elections after incumbent Laurent Gbagbo took a narrow lead over his chief rival.
EU observers raise concerns over ballot counting in Côte d’Ivoire, saying monitors are being barred from vote counting centres.
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/ 31 October 2010
Ivorians went to the polls on Sunday for their first chance in a decade to choose a president and observers said the vote was proceeding peacefully.
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/ 23 February 2010
Mediators looked to have secured an end to Côte d’Ivoie’s political crisis on Monday after the key players agreed to salvage a political accord.
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/ 17 February 2010
A summit of West African leaders on Tuesday told politicians in Côte d’Ivoire to preserve peace after last week’s sacking of the Cabinet.
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/ 17 October 2008
Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election scheduled for November 30 is ”technically impossible” this year, an official said on Friday.
Calm returned to the streets of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Wednesday as the presidential palace prepared for a crisis meeting after two days of protests over rising prices in which one man died. Markets and shops re-opened in Yopougon, eastern Abidjan, where protesters clashed with police on Monday, and in the economic capital’s Port-Bouet area.
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/ 22 December 2007
Côte d’Ivoire on Friday announced the launch of a national civic service programme to help former rebels and fighters train for jobs in the West African country emerging from a low-level civil war. The service was a key part of a peace accord signed in March this year.
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/ 27 November 2007
Leaders of Côte d’Ivoire were to meet on Tuesday with President Blaise Compaore of neighbouring Burkina Faso to fine-tune details of a peace deal brokered by him. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his Prime Minister Guillaume Soro will travel to Burkina Faso to discuss and sign supplemetary sections to the peace accords.
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/ 30 October 2007
The United Nations Security Council renewed arms and diamond sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire on Monday in a bid to make the West African country stick to the terms of a peace process. A resolution passed by the council extended the sanctions for a further year but promised to review them during that period.
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/ 14 October 2007
Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo has called for an investigation into long-standing accusations that cocoa and coffee boards have embezzled funds meant to aid the producers of the country’s lucrative crops, a spokesperson said. The boards set prices for crops, oversee exports and provide development assistance.