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| Côte d'Ivoire File | | Last Updated 01/10/2008 02:28:00 |
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 | Ivorian Prime Minister urges mutinous soldiers to remain calm | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire, Guillaume S
oro, on Monday urged soldiers, who mutinied on Friday in the capital, Yamoussouk
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for the government to continue with the peace process.
01/10/2008 full text... |
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| Gbagbo: "Whoever delays Ivorian elections is a criminal" | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Expressing his total disagreement
with the timetable defined by the Independent Electoral Commission
(CEI) and suggesting that the next presidential election be organised
in October 2008 at the latest, Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has
warned that "whoever delays the elections is a criminal".
20/09/2007 full text... |
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| Gbagbo reaffirms his desire for Ivorian peace | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, has
reiterated his desire and that of the former rebel New Forces to sustain
the peace process, urging his fellow citizens to show confidence and
patience.
02/05/2007 full text... |
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| Gbagbo signs Ivorian amnesty law | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Laurent
Gbagbo has signed a national amnesty law covering breach
of national security committed between 17 September 2000
and the date the legislation goes into force, official
sources said here.
13/04/2007 full text... |
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| Konare seeks support for new Ivorian political deal | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - It is incumbent upon the African Union
(AU) to support the political agreement which Ivorian President
Laurent Gbagbo and Forces Nouvelles (New Forces) Secretary-General
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro signed recently in Ouagadougou, AU
Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare said here Friday.
16/03/2007 full text... |
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| Soldiers issue ultimatum to Ivorian army | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Soldiers recruited in 2002 by the
Ivorian National Armed Forces (FANCI) on Monday issued a 10-day
ultimatum to Gen. Philippe Mangou, chief of staff of the Defence and
Security Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FDS-CI), to satisfy their claims,
military sources announced here Tuesday.
06/02/2007 full text... |
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| Ivorian civil society rejects Gbagbo/Soro dialogue | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian Civil
Society Convention (CSCI), which gathers several
associations and NGOs working in human rights
protection, on Tuesday expressed scepticism about
the efficiency of the "direct dialogue" proposed
President Laurent Gbagbo, with Guillaume Soro, leader
of the New Forces (FN) as the only interlocutor.
06/02/2007 full text... |
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| Ivorians upbeat about 'direct dialogue' initiative | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Many Ivorians are in favour of the
government's direct talks with leader of the New Forces, Gillaume Soro,
initiated in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under the mediation of President
Blaise Compaore, saying it would solve the political crisis in the
country, according to a survey by PANA Tuesday.
06/02/2007 full text... |
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| NGO seeks CFA 28 billion for IDPs in Cote d'Ivoire | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 2007 Consolidated Appeal
Process (CAP) operated by UN humanitarian agencies is trying to
mobilise US$56 million (about FCFA 28 million) to assist some 4
million vulnerable persons, mostly people displaced by the war in
Cote d'Ivoire, UN sources said here.
02/02/2007 full text... |
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| African leaders nod Gbagbo's direct dialogue proposals | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo said
he was satisfied with the level of encouragement received from his
African counterparts following his proposals for a direct dialogue
with Guillaume Soro, leader of the New Forces, in a fresh attempt to
solve the Ivorian crisis.
01/02/2007 full text... |
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| Campaoré voices concern over Ivorian crisis | | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President
Blaise Campaoré, has expressed concern over the crisis
in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire and pledged to support internal
dialogue pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1721
towards a transparent election in that country this year.
10/01/2007 full text... |
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| Gbagbo meets Banny in Abidjan | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian President Laurent
Gbagbo met Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny at the
presidency here Wednesday, in the second meeting between
both men in one month, official sources said.
14/12/2006 full text... |
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| Gbagbo donates to Abidjan toxic waste victims | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Laurent Gbagbo has donated
40 million francs CFA and medicines worth 26 million francs CFA to
victims of toxic wastes dumped in the Ivorian capital Abidjan August
by a foreign vessel, a presidential source revealed here Friday.
08/12/2006 full text... |
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| Gbagbo to complain IWG to Security Council | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Laurent Gbagbo plans to report
to the United Nations Security Council "serious abuses" committed by the
International Working Group on Cote d'Ivoire (IWG), an official statement
said here.
04/12/2006 full text... |
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| IWG urges Banny to implement UN Resolution on Ivorian crisis | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International
Working Group (IWG) on the Ivorian crisis, has called
Prime Minister, Charles Konan Banny to take immediate
steps for the effective implementation of UN Security
Council Resolution 1721, towards the restoration of
peace in the country.
02/12/2006 full text... |
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| IWG member urges Ivorians to embrace peace | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Congolese Foreign Minister
Rodolphe Adada, co-chair of the International Working
Group (IWG) on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, Friday called
on all Ivorians to work for peace.
01/12/2006 full text... |
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| Abidjan press plays the Gbagbo, Banny clash | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian president and his prime
minister are at loggerheads, and the tandem so hailed by the prime
minister Charles Konan Banny has gone the wrong way by end of
November, with the press having its day.
29/11/2006 full text... |
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| Cote d'Ivoire's Banny on political tightrope | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Prime minister Charles Konan Banny of
the Ivorian transition government, has since last Friday retreated to
his residence in Yamoussoukro in his home region, where, according to
local media reports, he is holding intensive consultations before
addressing the nation soon.
08/11/2006 full text... |
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| Gbagbo, Mbeki to meet Compaore in Ouagadougou | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was
expected to travel Tuesday to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, accompanied
by his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, AU mediator in the
Ivorian crisis, an official source said in Abidjan.
26/09/2006 full text... |
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| AU Chair Sassou Nguesso consults in Abidjan | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Congolese President Dennis Sassou
Nguesso, who is current Chair of the African Union (AU), arrived
Sunday in Abidjan, where he immediately began consultations with
political Ivorian leaders in order to break the deadlock in the
peace process.
11/09/2006 full text... |
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| ONUCI condemns attack on official of Gbagbo's party | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The UN Operation in Cote
d'Ivoire (ONUCI) has condemned last weekend's attack on
Diabate Beh, an official of President Laurent Gbagbo's
People's Front party, FPI, and his delegation in Boundiali,
some 589-km north of Abidjan.
29/08/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian party leader advocates transitional government | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Francis Vanga Wodie, chairman
of Ivorian Workers Party, PIT, has called for a national
consultation that would lead to the formation of a transitional
government, since according to him, the elections set for 30
October by the international community cannot hold.
18/08/2006 full text... |
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| UN envoy prods Ivorians on peace | | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Abou Moussa, Deputy
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Côte
d'Ivoire, Wednesday urged Ivorian political stakeholders to
effectively commit themselves to the peace process in the
country.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian political, armed opposition meet Thursday | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The G-7, a grouping Ivorian
political parties and the rebel New Forces, is to meet Thursday
in Daoukro,central Cote d'Ivoire, to study the country's social
and political situation, at a time when the peace process is
deadlocked, an informed source disclosed here Wednesday.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian rebels meet in Bouake | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Officials of the rebel New
Forces met Tuesday in Bouake to analyse the country's socio-
political situation and state their opinion on 31 October 2006,
which marks the end of the extended term of office of President
Laurent Gbagbo.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Calm returns to Ivorian town after bloody clashes | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Calm is steadily returning to the
Ivorian town of Divo, which was on Sunday the scene of bloody
clashes between partisans of President Laurent Gbagbo and those
of the opposition over public audiences in Cote d'Ivoire.
25/07/2006 full text... |
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| 2 killed in Ivorian clashes | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Two people were killed and
at least seven others injured in Grand-Bassam, some 15-km
from the Ivorian capial, Abidjan, following clashes between
supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo and those of the
opposition over ID card campaign, medical sources said
Tuesday.
25/07/2006 full text... |
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| Opposition seek punishment for pro-Gbagbo militants | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian opposition gathered
in the Houphouet Rally for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) on Sunday
rallied its members to resist President Laurent Gbagbo's
partisans who disrupt the holding of public audiences by
citizens.
24/07/2006 full text... |
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| Several deaths reported in fresh Ivorian clashes | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Many persons were killed and
others got wounded in violent clashes which broke out Sunday in
Divo (160 km north-east of Abidjan) between young militants loyal
to President Laurent Gbagbo and opposition groups in a dispute
over public audiences, according to medical sources.
24/07/2006 full text... |
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| 'Young Patriots' remove roadblocks in Abidjan | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The "Young Patriots," a groups of
youths loyal to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, on Wednesday
evening lifted the road blocks they had erected in the main
streets of Abidjan since early morning.
19/07/2006 full text... |
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| Rights group doubts timely polls in Cote d'Ivoire | | Paris, France (PANA) – The chairman of the International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), Sidiki Kaba said it
was doubtful that general elections scheduled for 31 October in
Cote d'Ivoire would be held on time, called for sanctions against
the "troublemakers" in the country.
12/07/2006 full text... |
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| ONUCI condemns killings in western Cote d'Ivoire | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
(ONUCI) has condemned the killings perpetrated in the village of
Duekpe on 24 June and on 28 June in Bledy area, in the region of
Deouzon, 516 km west of Abidjan.
30/06/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian militias to be disarmed next week | | Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire's pro-government
militias will be disarmed by 8 June, according to the final statement
issued at the end of the Yamoussoukro working session between the staffs
of Defence and Security Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FDS) and the rebel New
Forces Armed Forces (FAFN).
02/06/2006 full text... |
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| Gbagbo vows to build strong armed forces | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is
resolved to develop his army by increasing its fire power and making
"large-scale" recruitment, with the reintroduction of the mandatory
military service in the country, the pro-official daily, Le Temps, said
on Friday.
26/05/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian soldiers leave camp for redeployment | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fifty Ivorian armed forces troops on
Monday left their Didievi base in the centre of the country for
Yamoussoukro where they will be redeployed as part of the pre-regrouping
process to disarm all the warring sides in Cote d'Ivoire, military
sources told PANA here.
22/05/2006 full text... |
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| French Army Chief wants disarmament to begin in Cote d'Ivoire | | Paris, France (PANA) – The French Army Chief of Staff,
General Henri Bentegeat, said his country would want to
see the commencement of the delayed disarmament process in
Cote d'Ivoire, noting that general elections could still
be possible in October, in the divided former French
colony.
17/05/2006 full text... |
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| IWG urges Ivorian leaders to speed up pre-poll operations | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Working Group (IWG) has
urged Ivorian leaders to do everything in order to accelerate the
disarmament and identification operations considered as crucial to the
holding of free and fair elections in the country in October.
21/04/2006 full text... |
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| Ouattara calls on northern Ivoirians to forgive | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Former Ivorian Prime Minister
Alassane Dramane Ouattara, who is the leader of the opposition
Rally for Republicans (RDR), urged Ivorians in Ferkessedougou
(600 km north of Abidjan) to identify themselves ahead of the
October general elections.
27/03/2006 full text... |
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| Soro takes part in Ivorian cabinet meeting | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian leader of the New Forces,
Guillaume Soro, on Wednesday participated in a cabinet meeting in Prime
Minister Charles Konan-Banny's new government
Soro, who arrived in Abidjan on Tuesday for the first time in more than a
year, vowed "to actively participate in the peace process" and to fully
play his role within the government as a senior reconstruction minister.
15/03/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian leaders renew commitment to peace | | Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Four major Ivorian political leaders
have reaffirmed their resolve to uphold commitments made in connection
with the implementation of the peace process in West African nation.
01/03/2006 full text... |
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| Fologo backs inclusion of foreigners in Ivorian electoral body | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The head of the Ivorian Economic
and Social Council (CES), Laurent Dona Fologo has called on the
international community to nominate foreign members to join the
Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) charged with organising
the forthcoming general elections.
24/02/2006 full text... |
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| Working group on Côte d'Ivoire meets to clarify situation | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The current session of the International
Working Group (IWG) on Cote d'Ivoire will "definitely dispel the existing
doubts by clarifying the stand and commitment" of the international
community in the Ivorian peace process, a senior UN official said here
Friday.
17/02/2006 full text... |
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| Working group on Ivorian crisis meets Abidjan Friday | | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Working Group (IWG) on
Cote d'Ivoire is holding its fourth meeting in Abidjan Friday to examine
a report by the country's Prime Minister, Charles Konan Banny and by the
day-to-day mediation group established by the European Union.
17/02/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian opposition parties boycott parliament | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Chairmen of the Democratic Party of
Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire
(UDPCI) and "Solidarity", which brings together a group of unregistered
parties, boycotted Tuesday's meeting convened by National Assembly
speaker Mamadou Koulibaly, reports said here Wednesday.
08/02/2006 full text... |
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| UNOCI moves civilian personnel to Gambia | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The UN Operations in Cote
d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Thursday began moving some of its civilian
personnel temporarily to Banjul in Gambia, a source close to the
UN said in Abidjan.
26/01/2006 full text... |
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| Ministers of Gbagbo's party rejoin government | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Laurent Gbagbo's ruling
Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) on Sunday decided to return the
ongoing peace process and return its seven ministers to the
transitional government, headed by Prime Minister Charles Konan
Banny.
23/01/2006 full text... |
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| Humanitarian groups decry violence in the country | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coordinator of humanitarian activities in
Côte d'Ivoire, Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Friday strongly condemned the acts of
violence that left property worth over one billion CFA francs damaged in
Abidjan and other towns.
20/01/2006 full text... |
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| UN Security Council backs Ivorian premier | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The UN Security Council
has expressed "full support" for Ivorian Interim Prime
Minister Charles Konan Banny and urged the UN Operation
in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) to provide all necessary assistance
in accordance with its mandate.
20/01/2006 full text... |
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| Abidjan riots leave 5 dead, several others wounded | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Five people were killed and a
large number of others wounded on Abidjan's high-density suburb
of Abobo during violent demonstrations spearheaded by the "Young
Patriots" from Sunday to Thursday to protest the refusal by the
International Working Group (IWG) to extend the expired mandate
of parliament.
20/01/2006 full text... |
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| Blue Helmets withdraw from western Cote d'Ivoire | |
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving
in the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) have
withdrawn from their positions in the western region and headed for
the buffer zone, military sources told PANA here.
19/01/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian dailies blame Gbagbo's party for protests | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Most dailies published in Abidjan
this week accused the ruling Ivorian Popular Front (IFP) of
orchestrating the violent street demonstrations by supporters of
President Laurent Gbagbo that have paralysed activities in the
economic capital since Monday.
19/01/2006 full text... |
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| ONUCI condemns violence, calls for calm | | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - UN secretary-general special
representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Pierre Schori, has condemned any act
likely to endanger the achievements made to in resolving the Ivorian
crisis.
19/01/2006 full text... |
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| New Forces on alert in Cote d'Ivoire | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Former rebels of the New Forces have
announced from their headquarters in Bouaké in central Cote d'Ivoire
that they had from Tuesday put their troops on alert in the face of what
they described as an insurrection aimed at toppling the transitional
government of newly appointed Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny.
18/01/2006 full text... |
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| ONUCI peacekeepers kill 5 protesters in Ivorian town | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Troops in the Bangladeshi
contingent based at Guiglo on Tuesday killed five people among a
group of Ivorian demonstrators who invaded their headquarters and
wounded an undetermined number of others, a reliable eye witness
said.
18/01/2006 full text... |
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| Supporters of Ivorian president attack UN peacekeepers | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - "Young Patriots" who are die-hard
supporters of the Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo have since
Monday been attacking soldiers of the UN Operation in Cote
d'Ivoire (ONUCI) in Abidjan and several other cities and towns in
the country.
18/01/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian youths protest non-extension of MPs' term | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Residents of Abidjan woke up
Monday morning to be greeted by protests by the Young Patriots
and the Students and School Federation in Cote d'Ivoire (Feci)
detesting the decision taken on Sunday by the International
Working Group (GTI) on Cote d'Ivoire not to extend the term of
MPs which expired on 16 December 2005.
16/01/2006 full text... |
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| Unidentified gunmen attack barracks in Abidjan | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals
attacked the military barracks in the Akouedo suburb of Abidjan
at dawn on Monday, Gen. Philippe Mangou, chief of staff of the
Ivorian defence and security forces, announced here on national
radio and television.
02/01/2006 full text... |
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| Ivorian army chief calls for calm over new cabinet | |
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire's army chief of staff,
General Philippe Mangou, has called for restraint and calm among his
compatriots, urging them to support the transitional cabinet announced
here Wednesday by Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny.
29/12/2005 full text... |
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| The full list of Cote d'Ivoire's transition cabinet | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Ivorian Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny
on Wednesday formed a transitional government charged with the
disarmament of the various armed groups in the country and organising new
general and presidential elections between now and the end of 2006.
28/12/2005 full text... |
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| Cote d'Ivoire gets new cabinet | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian Prime Minister Charles
Konan Banny on Wednesday officially announced a new cabinet
charged with organising free and fair elections open to all by 31
October 2006 at the latest.
28/12/2005 full text... |
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| Ouattara cancels protest by his Ivorian opposition RDR | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's
opposition Rally of Republicans (RDR), Alassane Ouattara, has cancelled a
peaceful protest march his party had planned to hold next Tuesday to
protest the desecration of his mother's tomb.
25/12/2005 full text... |
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| New Ivorian PM gets advice from FPI | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Popular Front (ruling
FPI) has urged Cote d'Ivoire's new Prime Minister, Charles Konan Banny,
"to avoid adopting the logic of the advocates of coups or those who want
to come into power by violent means and methods that are inimical to
democracy."
In a communiqué issued Friday in Abidjan, the FPI exhorted Konan
Banny "to get down to the nitty-gritty so as to put an end to the
sufferings of the populations and to bring Cote d'Ivoire back
into the community of nations."
"The FPI thought fit that its choice should primarily be based, among
other things, on the capacity of the applicant to disarm without delay
all those who illegally hold arms, to redeploy the administration
and to reunify the country," the ruling party said.
09/12/2005 full text... |
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| New Ivorian premier assumes duties | |
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian Prime Minister Charles
Konan-Banny officially assumed duties Wednesday, taking over from
Seydou Elimane Diarra who occupied the post since 2003 following
the Linas-Marcoussis accords.
08/12/2005 full text... |
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| Ouattara expected Tuesday in Abidjan | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Former Ivorian Prime Minister Alassane
Ouattara, now a leader of the opposition Rally for Repubicans (RDR), is
expected Tuesday in Abidjan to attend the funeral of his mother, Hadja
Nabintou Cisse, who died last Wednesday. She was 92.
05/12/2005 full text... |
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| UN sanctions loom over recalcitrant Ivorian party | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Security
Council has mandated the African Union (AU) mediators to impose
individual sanctions in articles 9 and 11 of the UN resolutions
on either side of the Ivorian crisis who are blocking the
nomination of a Prime Minister.
02/12/2005 full text... |
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| Niger opposition leader pleads for Cote d'Ivoire | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A Nigerien opposition leader, Mahamene Sani, on
Thursday blamed the international community for showing little concern
about the disaster facing Cote d'Ivoire since the outbreak of hostilities
there in September 2002.
01/12/2005 full text... |
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| Gbagbo promises necessary powers to next premier | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire
has promised to give the necessary powers to enable the next Prime
Minister fulfil his task "once I am certain will perform the work for
which he is appointed."
Gbagbo said this at the weekend during a meeting with
representatives of the Odienné population, 786 km north-west of
Abidjan.
28/11/2005 full text... |
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