http://www.mail.com/locations/3388-abidjan.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/3388-abidjan.html 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/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/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/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/business/finance/1808954-ivory-coast-returns-stampede-bodies-to-families.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast official says the government has begun handing over the bodies of those killed in a New Year's stampede to their families. Serges Kanon, communications chief for the Ministry of Solidarity, said Wednesday the first set of families retrieved their dead and were also given roughly $2,000 per family to help with fun... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808954-ivory-coast-returns-stampede-bodies-to-families.html 2013-01-09T16:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802744-ivory-coast-report-factors-caused-stampede.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Officials say that the New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast which killed 64 people was caused by a combination of several factors including unofficial tree trunk barricades, the narrowing of a major thoroughfare, bad lighting and a shortage of police officers. Abidjan prosecutor Simplice Kouadio announced the preliminary findings... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802744-ivory-coast-report-factors-caused-stampede.html 2013-01-06T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799410-ivory-coast-years-death-toll-rises-to-64.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's health minister says the death toll in the New Year's stampede has risen to 64. Health Minister Raymonde Goudou, speaking to the press, said three more people died in addition to the 61 who were killed from being trampled when thousands left a New Year's fireworks display. She said 26 people who had been missing a... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799410-ivory-coast-years-death-toll-rises-to-64.html 2013-01-04T11:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794258-stampede-fireworks-kills-61-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's main city, killing 61 people — many of them children and teenagers — and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said. Thousands had gathered at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan's Plateau district to see the fireworks. It was ... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794258-stampede-fireworks-kills-61-ivory-coast.html 2013-01-01T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1782156-attacks-ivorian-military-kill-1-abidjan.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ivory Coast say at least one person is dead after two simultaneous attacks on Ivorian security forces. Cherif Moussa, chief of communications for the army, said Friday that the attacks took place overnight in the commercial capital of Abidjan. The United Nations said it "firmly condemns" the latest violence again... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1782156-attacks-ivorian-military-kill-1-abidjan.html 2012-12-21T16:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755816-transgender-prostitutes-face-abuse-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — It seemed like a case of simple blackmail. Late one night last month, two cars carrying around 10 soldiers pulled up to a group of prostitutes in Abidjan's Vallon neighborhood and began demanding bribes. To save themselves, some of the women in the group approached the soldiers and told them what they knew would divert their at... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755816-transgender-prostitutes-face-abuse-ivory-coast.html 2012-12-10T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753998-papal-envoy-to-ivory-coast-dies-car-accident.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president says that the papal envoy to Ivory Coast was killed in a traffic accident. Ouattara expressed "deep regret," in a statement read out on state television Saturday evening over the death of Indian archbishop Ambrose Madtha. Madtha, who assumed his post in 2008, had officiated a service in the northwestern ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753998-papal-envoy-to-ivory-coast-dies-car-accident.html 2012-12-09T11:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750488-border-raids-ivory-coast-threaten-security.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Cross-border raids into western Ivory Coast have become more violent and better organized, and could have profound effects on security in the region near Liberia if they continue, a United Nations expert panel warned in a report. The U.N. experts said the attacks are believed to have been orchestrated by supporters of former Iv... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750488-border-raids-ivory-coast-threaten-security.html 2012-12-07T10:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728674-thousands-continue-to-flee-homes-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Thousands of people in Ivory Coast continue to flee their homes because of ongoing land conflicts and residual tension from last year's postelection violence, according to a report released Wednesday. The report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center said at least 24,000 people were displaced so far this year. An addi... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728674-thousands-continue-to-flee-homes-ivory-coast.html 2012-11-28T17:12:00Z