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Twenty escape police custody at Ivory Coast courthouse

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Twenty people escaped custody after assaulting police officers at the courthouse in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, justice official said on Wednesday,...

Gunmen attack Ivory Coast police station, steal weapons

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About 20 gunmen in military uniforms attacked a police station in south-eastern Ivory Coast overnight, temporarily locking officers in and stealing weapons,...

Three tons of pangolin scales seized in Ivory Coast

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Ivory Coast seized three tons of pangolin scales and arrested eight people for trading the valuable armour of the world's most trafficked...

Ivory Coast soldiers among those arrested after attack

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Authorities in Ivory Coast arrested five people including three soldiers, over an attack and arms theft at the base of an elite...

Ivory Coast gendarmes repel raid

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Gendarmes in Ivory Coast fought off an overnight attack on a base north of Abidjan, a security spokesman said as thousands arrived...

Gunmen attack elite police in Ivory Coast

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Gunmen, some of them in uniform, attacked the base of an elite security unit in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, killing an...

China donates patrol boat to Ivory Coast

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China has donated a patrol boat to the Ivory Coast to combat maritime crime and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The vessel...

Ivory Coast ministers replaced

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara replaced ministers in charge of defence, budget and the interior in a reshuffle of key cabinet positions...

Gunfire in Abidjan

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Gunfire erupted near several police installations across Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan witnesses and a police source said, in what appeared to...

Ivory Coast military bases attacked

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Gunmen attacked military bases in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan and the northern city of Korhogo on Saturday, but were repulsed,...

U.N. closes Ivory Coast mission, security remains fragile

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The United Nations closed its peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast on Friday after 13 years during which it ushered the West African...

UN assisting Ivory Coast arms cache investigation

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A United Nations expert mission is assisting Ivory Coast authorities investigating an arms cache discovered last month in the home of an...

Aides of Ivory Coast parliament speak questioned about arms cache

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Authorities in Ivory Coast questioned two senior military officers close to parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro, one of his spokesmen said, after an...

Signs of more trouble in Ivory Coast as hidden hand saves...

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When a rag-tag group of soldiers launched a mutiny in Ivory Coast earlier this month, it looked like they were doomed. A...

Three dead in clashes between Ivory Coast police and rebels

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Three demobilised ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city of Bouake, as they clashed with police attempting to end their...

Ivory Coast military mutiny over

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Renegade troops in Ivory Coast accepted a government proposal on bonuses and returned to barracks, ending a mutiny that closed businesses, shut...

Ivory Coast soldiers accept deal to end mutiny

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The leaders of a nationwide military mutiny in Ivory Coast have accepted a government proposal on bonus payments and agreed to return...

Five wounded in Ivory Coast anti-mutiny march

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At least five people were wounded by gunfire during protests in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city, Bouake, against an army mutiny, as popular...

Ivory Coast soldiers shoot in air in Bouake over bonus pay...

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Soldiers in Ivory Coast's second city Bouake fired their guns into the air on Friday to protest a deal over bonus payments...

Demobilised ex-rebels block entrance to Ivory Coast’s second city

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Demobilised rebel fighters seized control of main roads leading into Ivory Coast's second city, Bouake, on Monday, demanding the payment of bonuses...

Mission accomplished – UN operation in Cote d’Ivoire

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After 13 years, the United Nations is wrapping up the peacekeeping phase of its engagement with Cote d'Ivoire, after helping the country...

West Africa seeks to bring order to troubled, lawless waters

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The outline of a ship slowly emerged from the haze, and the crew of the Ivory Coast's naval patroller Le Bouclier said...

Ivory Coast’s former first lady cleared of war crimes

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A court in Ivory Coast acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges linked to her...

Ivory Coast port security measures rescinded

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Ivory Coast rescinded an order on Sunday to increase security at its two main ports after determining an earlier reported threat of...

Successful launch, delivery of 27m ferry

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Nautic celebrates the launch of the first 27m ferry for its partners in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, CITRANS. Nautic welcomed CITRANS and its delegation to...

Successful launch, delivery of 27m ferry

Nautic celebrates the launch of the first 27m ferry for its partners in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, CITRANS.Nautic celebrates the launch of the first 27m...

Six Ivorian journalists freed after three day detention

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Ivory Coast released six journalists arrested for publishing stories authorities said could incite another soldiers' revolt, the journalists' trade union said on...

Ivory Coast journalists arrested on suspicion of inciting mutiny

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Six journalists in Ivory Coast were arrested on suspicion of faking news which could incite soldiers to revolt, journalism associations said on...

Ivory Coast Special Forces mutiny

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Special Forces in the Ivory Coast army mutinied in the coastal town of Adiake on Tuesday, firing weapons into the air, a...

ShieldAfrica defence expo underway in Ivory Coast

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A large number of exhibitors have turned out at the ShieldAfrica defence exhibition currently taking place in the Ivory Coast, which runs...

Army mutiny exposes cracks in Ivory Coast success

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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara seduced foreign investors with his single-minded focus on economic reform and growth but entrenched problems within the...

Gunfire erupts in Ivory Coast port city

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Heavy gunfire erupted after dark on Wednesday in Ivory Coast's second port city, San Pedro, residents said, as two weeks of military...

Two soldiers killed in fresh Ivory Coast unrest

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Two soldiers were killed in fresh unrest in Ivory Coast's capital Yamoussoukro and gunfire erupted in other cities on Tuesday, signalling further...

Ivory Coast begins paying bonuses to mutinous soldiers

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Ivory Coast's government has begun paying bonuses to soldiers who staged a two-day mutiny earlier this month, leaders of the revolt said...

Teargas used to disperse protesting Ivory Coast students

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Ivory Coast police fired teargas to disperse pupils and students protesting at government ministries in the main city, Abidjan, as nationwide strikes...

Deal apparently reached with Ivory Coast mutineers

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Disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast reached an agreement with the government late on Friday resolving a dispute over bonus payments that threatened...

New Ivory Coast cabinet named

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara named a new, slightly smaller government on Wednesday, though there were few changes in major positions, according...

Ivory Coast’s two day mutiny leaves foreign investors unfazed

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Soldiers rampaging through Ivory Coast in a two-day mutiny have done little to dent investors' faith that President Alassane Ouattara will retain...

Ivory Coast president dismisses heads of army, police and gendarmes

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes on Monday after a two-day military mutiny that...

Mutinying soldiers free Ivory Coast defence minister and others

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Rogue soldiers allowed Ivory Coast's defence minister and dozens of others to leave a house where they had been trapped at the...

Ivory Coast to open up stretched power sector

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Ivory Coast's government adopted a set of power sector decrees on Wednesday meant to open up competition and address shortfalls in the...

Key rail bridge for Ivory Coast/Burkina Faso trade collapses

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A bridge on the railway linking Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso collapsed on Tuesday and it will be several months before the...

Ivory Coast soldiers jailed for al Qaeda ties

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Two soldiers in Ivory Coast have been jailed for 10 years for associating with, and failing to denounce, suspected members of an...

“Time to restart your lives”, UN tells Ivorian war refugees in...

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The fate of 40,000 Ivorian refugees living in limbo across West Africa, who fled civil war five years ago, should be resolved...

Ivory Coast arrests two soldiers for suspected links to al Qaeda

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Two soldiers have been arrested in Ivory Coast accused of failing to denounce suspected members of an al Qaeda cell that killed...

Aides to ousted Ivorian leader return home after five-year exile

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Four senior aides to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo have returned home from exile in Ghana more than five years after...

Ivory Coast land disputes threaten new violence as war refugees return

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Stepping off a river ferry onto the soil of his native Ivory Coast for the first time since he fled civil war...

ICC prosecutor vows to investigate both sides in Ivory Coast

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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Friday she would investigate crimes committed on both sides of Ivory Coast's civil war...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara acts to draft new constitution

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has taken a step towards drawing up a new constitution and scrapping a nationality clause which helped...

Ivory Coast ex-first lady goes on trial for war crimes

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Ivory Coast's former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, went on trial on Tuesday, accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes for her...