Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

• Court says case against Gbagbo can go ahead

  International Criminal Court judges say the crimes against humanity case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can go ahead because he ... 

• ICC judges delay confirming Gbagbo charges

  International Criminal Court judges delayed a decision Monday on whether to put former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on trial for alleged ... 

• Ivory Coast lashes out at US State Dep't report

  Ivory Coast's communications minister has lashed out at the United States Embassy in Abidjan over a report citing restrictions on press freedom, ... 

• Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader

  A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national ... 

• Security forces tear gas protesters in Ivory Coast

  Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries ... 

• Ivory Coast: Gbagbo fighters to return from Togo

  About 200 fighters loyal to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be repatriated from Togo after two years of exile following their ... 

• Ivory Coast: We are "open" to investigating crimes

  Ivory Coast's justice minister says the government is open to investigating top security officials accused by United Nations experts of raking in ... 

• World sea piracy down 35 percent in first quarter

  World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep ... 

• Ivory Coast president can rule by decree

  An Ivory Coast legislative official said Wednesday that lawmakers had given President Alassane Ouattara the authority to rule by decree on social and ... 

• Ivory Coast begins exhuming mass graves

  Ivory Coast officials on Thursday began exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country's 2011 postelection violence, as a new report ... 

• UN: Border violence halts Ivorian refugee return

  U.N. officials in Liberia say they've temporarily halted the repatriation of tens of thousands of refugees from Ivory Coast because of continued ... 

• Notorious Ivory Coast militia leader killed

  A regional official says a notorious militia leader accused of enlisting child soldiers for cross-border raids from Liberia into western Ivory Coast ... 

• Report: Cameroon officials torture gay suspects

  Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and ... 

• Arms transfers fuel instability in Ivory Coast

  External arms transfers that played a pivotal role in Ivory Coast's decade-long political crisis continue to fuel instability and human rights abuses, ... 

• CAS rules Anouma out of African football election

  FIFA executive committee member Jacques Anouma was barred from being a candidate to lead African football on Tuesday, losing his legal challenge to ... 

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  Ivory Coast troubled by one-sided justice

  One day in late March 2011, at the height of Ivory Coast's postelection violence, a 23-year-old cocoa farmer was shot in the back by unknown gunmen ... 

• Amnesty criticizes Ivory Coast for biased justice

  Ivory Coast's government is subjecting supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo to biased legal proceedings, ill-treatment and torture, while ... 

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  Laurent Gbagbo defense says he is a scapegoat

  A lawyer for former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo told International Criminal Court judges Wednesday that prosecutors are making him a ... 

• Guinean troops take Ivory Coast village: Official

  An Ivory Coast military spokesman says that Guinean soldiers have occupied a border village in western Ivorian territory. Col. Cherif Moussa said ... 

• French tanker, crew hijacked off Ivory Coast freed

  A French tanker seized by pirates off Ivory Coast and its crew of 17 sailors have been released, its owner said Wednesday, though two workers suffered ... 

• Ivory Coast extradites 2 former Gbagbo officials

  A spokeswoman for Ivory Coast's civilian prosecutor says that a former security official and a former student leader allied with ex-President Laurent ...