http://www.mail.com/locations/3386-ivory-coast.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3386-ivory-coast.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — 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 park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said. Amade Oueremi, a native of Burkina Faso, fought alongside forces backi... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html 2013-05-18T17:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries at the country's largest university, sending at least two students to the hospital with injuries, according to witnesses. The demonstration had been timed to coincide with an appea... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:02:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html 2013-05-13T15:02:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071750-ivory-coast-gbagbo-fighters-to-return-togo.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — About 200 fighters loyal to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be repatriated from Togo after two years of exile following their country's 2010-11 postelection conflict, government spokesman Bruno Kone said. Kone said the fighters include members of Gbagbo's Defense and Security Forces army and pro-Gbagbo militiam... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:03:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071750-ivory-coast-gbagbo-fighters-to-return-togo.html 2013-05-08T17:03:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2053980-logging-permits-abused-africa.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Logging permits designed to promote small businesses are being allocated by the hundreds to industrial logging companies in West and Central Africa in a hidden pattern of abuse, according to a report published Tuesday by environmental watchdog group, Global Witness. The use of these "shadow permits" are undermining efforts to c... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:59:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2053980-logging-permits-abused-africa.html 2013-04-30T16:59:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051154-ivory-coast-we-open-to-investigating-crimes.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's justice minister says the government is open to investigating top security officials accused by United Nations experts of raking in millions of dollars through "warlord-style predatory economic activities." Gnenema Coulibaly said on Monday that the government would need to see proof, but that "the government canno... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:42:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051154-ivory-coast-we-open-to-investigating-crimes.html 2013-04-29T15:42:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019872-world-sea-piracy-35-percent-quarter.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — 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 pirates away from Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Monday. The International Maritime Bureau said 66 attacks were recorded worldwide in the first three months, down fr... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:05:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019872-world-sea-piracy-35-percent-quarter.html 2013-04-15T09:05:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011386-ivory-coast-president-rule-decree.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast legislative official said Wednesday that lawmakers had given President Alassane Ouattara the authority to rule by decree on social and economic issues for 2013. Daouda Maiga, a member of the National Assembly's communications staff, said an overwhelming majority of the 178 lawmakers present voted in favor of the ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:08:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011386-ivory-coast-president-rule-decree.html 2013-04-10T19:08:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officials on Thursday began exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country's 2011 postelection violence, as a new report accused President Alassane Ouattara of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided ov... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998004-ivory-coast-exhuming-mass-graves.html 2013-04-04T16:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980096-us-eyes-anti-piracy-effort-west-africa-coast.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and some of its allies are considering plans to increase anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast, spurred on by concerns that money from the attacks is funding a Nigerian-based insurgent group that is linked to one of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliates. Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has escalated over the past year, an... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:25:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980096-us-eyes-anti-piracy-effort-west-africa-coast.html 2013-03-26T21:25:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980584-un-border-violence-halts-ivorian-refugee-return.html MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — U.N. officials in Liberia say they've temporarily halted the repatriation of tens of thousands of refugees from Ivory Coast because of continued unrest near the border between the two countries. Robert Tibagwa of the U.N. refugee agency told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a convoy of people returning to Ivory Coast had to co... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980584-un-border-violence-halts-ivorian-refugee-return.html 2013-03-26T18:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976276-notorious-ivory-coast-militia-leader-killed.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A regional official says a notorious militia leader accused of enlisting child soldiers for cross-border raids from Liberia into western Ivory Coast was killed during fighting Saturday. Claude Koffi Yao Kan, sub-prefect for the western town of Blolequin, said Sunday that Oulaï Tako, known as "Tarzan of the West," was among thre... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:36:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976276-notorious-ivory-coast-militia-leader-killed.html 2013-03-24T11:36:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970468-report-cameroon-officials-torture-gay-suspects.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Suspected homosexuals in Cameroon say they have been tortured and raped in prison, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch and three local organizations. The 55-page report, titled "Guilty by Association," documents reported abuses by authorities prosecuting suspected gays and lesbians. Those convicted can... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:14:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970468-report-cameroon-officials-torture-gay-suspects.html 2013-03-21T18:14:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966840-arms-transfers-fuel-instability-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — External arms transfers that played a pivotal role in Ivory Coast's decade-long political crisis continue to fuel instability and human rights abuses, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. The group documented transfers involving arms traffickers both before and after the United Nations Security Council placed the W... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:58:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966840-arms-transfers-fuel-instability-ivory-coast.html 2013-03-20T13:58:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1948816-2-years-duekoue-militia-leader-free.html DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast (AP) — His fighters are accused of carrying out the worst massacre perpetrated during Ivory Coast's bloody, post-election conflict two years ago. Despite repeated vows from the government to force them out, they continue to illegally occupy a national park. And when their leader, Amade Oueremi, travels through this western town, he ha... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:37:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1948816-2-years-duekoue-militia-leader-free.html 2013-03-12T14:37:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925328-ivory-coast-troubled-one-sided-justice.html NIAMBLY, Ivory Coast (AP) — 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 and left for dead on the outskirts of Niambly, a village of 400 mud-brick houses three kilometers outside the western town of Duekoue. In response, the village's roughly 3,000 resid... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:33:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1925328-ivory-coast-troubled-one-sided-justice.html 2013-03-01T18:33:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915944-amnesty-criticizes-ivory-coast-biased-justice.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's government is subjecting supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo to biased legal proceedings, ill-treatment and torture, while failing to ensure their security in the country's volatile western region, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International. The 86-page report, titled "The Victor's L... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:26:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915944-amnesty-criticizes-ivory-coast-biased-justice.html 2013-02-26T11:26:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903190-laurent-gbagbo-defense-scapegoat.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo told International Criminal Court judges Wednesday that prosecutors are making him a "scapegoat" for deadly violence that erupted after his country's disputed 2010 elections. Gbagbo lawyer Emmanuel Altit claimed at a crucial pretrial hearing that prosecutors are focused... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:43:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903190-laurent-gbagbo-defense-scapegoat.html 2013-02-20T15:43:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900460-guinean-troops-take-ivory-coast-village-official.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast military spokesman says that Guinean soldiers have occupied a border village in western Ivorian territory. Col. Cherif Moussa said Tuesday that the seizure of Kpeaba village was part of a territorial dispute between the two countries dating back to Ivory Coast's independence in 1960. He said the village had been ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:00:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900460-guinean-troops-take-ivory-coast-village-official.html 2013-02-19T11:00:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871778-french-tanker-crew-hijacked-ivory-coast-freed.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — 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 injuries in the hijacking. SEA Tankers, a shipping firm based in Merignac, France, issued a statement saying the M/T Gascogne is now under the control of its crew and is travelin... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871778-french-tanker-crew-hijacked-ivory-coast-freed.html 2013-02-06T15:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869662-ivory-coast-extradites-2-gbagbo-officials.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A spokeswoman for Ivory Coast's civilian prosecutor says that a former security official and a former student leader allied with ex-President Laurent Gbagbo were arrested in Ghana Monday and extradited to Abidjan early Tuesday morning. Jean-Noel Abehi was a top gendarmerie official based at Agban military camp in Abidjan, and J... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869662-ivory-coast-extradites-2-gbagbo-officials.html 2013-02-05T13:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866660-french-tanker-hijacked-ivory-coast-17-held.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Pirates hijacked a French-owned fuel tanker off Ivory Coast, abducting 17 sailors in the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal their valuable cargo, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a sailor died in a similar attack Monday near Nigeria's largest city. The M/T Gascogne had offloaded some of the diesel fue... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866660-french-tanker-hijacked-ivory-coast-17-held.html 2013-02-04T20:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856040-report-ivory-coast-govt-lacks-impartiality.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's government has displayed a "lack of impartiality" by not pursuing specific perpetrators of 2010-11 postelection violence including those who killed hundreds of men in the country's western town of Duekoue, according to a new United Nations expert report that also criticized the indefinite and inhumane detention of those suspects that... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1856040-report-ivory-coast-govt-lacks-impartiality.html 2013-01-30T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1837898-owner-hijackers-release-ship-taken-ivory-coast.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Armed hijackers who seized control of a fuel-laden tanker in Ivory Coast released the vessel on Tuesday after making off with about $5 million in cargo, the ship's owner said. None of the 16 Nigerian crew members, who were locked up in a dining room while the hijackers siphoned off the bounty, were injured in the episode aboard the P... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1837898-owner-hijackers-release-ship-taken-ivory-coast.html 2013-01-22T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835716-ble-goude-charged-with-war-crimes-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ivory Coast have charged former youth leader Charles Ble Goude with war crimes over his alleged role in violence linked to the country's disputed presidential election two years ago, state television reported Monday. Ble Goude, who had been hiding for the last 20 months before he was arrested in Ghana last week a... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835716-ble-goude-charged-with-war-crimes-ivory-coast.html 2013-01-21T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834648-officials-pirates-seize-oil-tanker-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its precise whereabouts are unknown, government authorities and maritime officials said Monday. The Panamanian-flagged vessel ITRI was first seized Wednesday as the tanker was preparing to deposi... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834648-officials-pirates-seize-oil-tanker-ivory-coast.html 2013-01-21T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831576-france-africans-to-take-lead-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France's foreign minister said Saturday that "our African friends need to take the lead" in a military intervention to oust extremists from power in northern Mali, though he acknowledged it could be weeks before neighbors are able to do so. Laurent Fabius spoke at a closely-watched summit in Ivory Coast focusing on ways that African fo... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831576-france-africans-to-take-lead-mali.html 2013-01-19T15:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830340-africa-forces-role-mali-faces-diverse-snags.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots on the ground. Political debates, fears that fleeing militants might scatter abroad, and logistics — even feeding the troops— have stalled plans to deploy against the nimble jihadists in ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830340-africa-forces-role-mali-faces-diverse-snags.html 2013-01-18T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827524-ghana-arrests-ble-goude-wanted-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ghana on Thursday arrested Charles Ble Goude, the former leader of an ultranationalist youth movement in Ivory Coast wanted in connection with violence linked to its disputed presidential election two years ago, officials said. Ble Goude, who has been hiding for the last 20 months, has been implicated by Human Ri... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827524-ghana-arrests-ble-goude-wanted-ivory-coast.html 2013-01-17T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816306-france-chooses-africa-intervention-carefully.html PARIS (AP) — France has a history of intervention in Africa, where it was a colonial power for decades and still maintains several military sites and has hundreds of troops across the continent, including Senegal, Ivory Coast, Chad and Gabon. MALI — January 2013: French helicopter gunships and fighter jets struck at Islamist fighters in Mali at the reques... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816306-france-chooses-africa-intervention-carefully.html 2013-01-12T18:38:00Z