Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday despatched 12 tons of humanitarian items to Man, western Cote d'Ivoire.Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The tense stand-off in the Ivorian commercial city of Abidjan continued on Wednesday as incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo continued to cling to power and residents remained locked up their rooms without electricity, water and food supplies. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (IPC-UEMOA), which met in Bamako, the Malian capital, has asked the outgoing president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to accept the election results of the 28 November presidential run-off. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) confirmed Tuesday that the embattled Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo was engaged in talks with Mauritanian President Mohamed Abdel Aziz and several African leaders for his possible exit from power. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has charged the acclaimed president-elect of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, and outgoing leader Laurent Gbagbo to ensure that their country was not plunged into a civil war as a result of their ongoing fight for power.Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mayor of Paris and chair of the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF), Mr. Bertrand Delanoe, has called for the protection of civilians in Côte d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has condemned the reported massacre of civilians in and around Duekouein in Western Cote d'Ivoire on 29 March, warning that it will ''actively support any action to bring the perpetrators to justice at the appropriate time''. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fearing fresh blood-letting in Cote d’Ivoire after the re-launch of a fierce military offensive, the African Union and the United Kingdom on Monday called for restraint by both sides and called on Alassane Ouattara to assume the Presidency. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has evacuated 200 of its nationals from Cote d'Ivoire, where post-election crisis has degenerated to armed clashes, while 250 more remained in the African nation, according to Belgian Defence Minister Pieter de Crem. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Troops loyal to Ivorian incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, on Saturday called for the mobilisation of their supporters against forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the man the international community says is the president-elect of Cote d'Ivoire.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Forces loyal to Ivorian incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo are back in control of the state television station, RTI, which resumed broadcasting at about 1000 GMT on Saturday.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – At least 800 people were killed on 29 March during inter-community violence in Duékoué in western Cote d'Ivoire, according the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The UN Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) on Saturday strongly condemned attacks on its staff, offices and patrols by forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, describing them as war crimes. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Sorrow and grief were written on the faces of residents of the main Ivorian city of Abidjan on Friday as sounds of gunfire boomed throughout the day.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission Friday blamed Cote d'Ivoire's recalcitrant incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo for the intensified fighting in the West African nation, after forces loyal to president-elect Alassane Ouattara swept into the commercial city of Abidjan in an attempt to dislodge Gbagbo. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Royal Air Morocco (RAM) has canceled its Friday flights to Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, while the Moroccan bank, Attijariwafa, has suspended operations of its subsidiary, the Ivorian Bank Company (SIB), reported MAP news agency. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Minister of Interior of the government of the internationally-acclaimed winner of the Ivorian elections, Alassane Ouattara, Hamed Bakayoko, on Friday rescheduled the curfew imposed in Abidjan, Télé Côte d'Ivoire (TCI) announced. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Hamed Bakayoko, the Minister of Interior in the government of the world-acclaimed Ivorian president-elect, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday announced the re-opening of airports across the country to facilitate the evacuation of foreign nationals from the ongoing "war" there. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Forces loyal to outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo, are responding to the massive offensive by troops loyal to the internationally-acclaimed winner of the Ivorian elections, Alassane Ouattara, which, in the past four days, were making a final push to wrest power in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, from Gbagbo.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The chairman of the Ivorian Economic and Social Council (CES), Laurent Dona-Fologo, has asked incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power to president- elect Alassane Ouattara ''as soon as possible”.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called for an immediate transfer of power from outgoing Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to the internationally-accepted winner of the country’s presidential election, Alassane Outtara. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Fighting has erupted in the main Ivoroian city of Abidjan, as forces loyal to the internationally recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, press on to end the four-month-old stand-off militarily. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - There is widespread panic among Ivorian civilians as forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo and those of Alassane Ouattara reposition themselves for a "huge" battle, reportedly coming on this weekend. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The world-acclaimed president-elect of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Wednesday urged the military and paramilitary forces loyal to outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo to join "legality and help enforce the vote of Ivorians". Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Guillaume Soro, named Prime Minister by the internationally-recognised president of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has asked incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to quit within 'several hours' or face unspecified consequences.Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) Tuesday condemned Monday's attack on its helicopter by the Republican Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FRCI) in Duékoué, a town located in the west of the country. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, recognised by the international community as president of Cote d'Ivoire, have gone on the offensive in several areas in the country and are said to be advancing towards the capital, Abidjan, according to official sources here Tuesday.Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - About 100 Guineans fleeing the armed clashes in Cote d'Ivoire, following the country's disputed elections, have arrived in their country, state radio reported Tuesday. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) has absolved itself of blames for the consequences and damage that might result from the power cuts experienced since Wednesday in the North and West centre (CNO) under the control of the ex-rebellion of the New Forces. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has condemned the ''incendiary rhetoric'' against citizens of ECOWAS Member States in Cote d’Ivoire, which is enmeshed in a post-election crisis that has killed over 400 and forced hundreds of thousands to flee to neighbouring countries. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Mr. Charles Ble Goude, Minister of Youth in the Laurent Gbagbo administration is organizing a rally which, he said, would look more like a prayer session in front the presidential palace. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations Wednesday pledged its continued support to ECOWAS in its efforts to resolve the post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, but warned the parties to the crisis to refrain from violence and respect human rights. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders meeting in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja will urge the UN to play a more active role in the regional-led efforts to resolve the worsening post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, according to Nigeria's President and ECOWAS Chairman Goodluck Jonathan. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire (ONUCI) Tuesday warned that it would react positively to threats by the Special Forces of the outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo to use heavy weapons, including machine guns, rocket launchers and mortars against the civilian populations in Abidjan. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Madické Niang has denied the rumour of an alleged presence of Senegalese mercenaries in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, where there is increasing armed clashes following the country's post-election crisis.Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United States has condemned Ivorian incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo’s continued attacks on unarmed civilians in Cote d’Ivoire and demanded an immediate end to the brutality. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The UN Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) on Friday said the killing of civilians on Thursday in Abobo, a district in the commercial capital of Abidjan, "could be a crime against humanity".Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Heavy shooting at the Abobo market in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, left between 25 and 30 dead Thursday, according to a statement issued by the UN Operation in Cote d 'Ivoire (UNOCI). Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire's world-acclaimed president-elect, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, may face huge difficulties to exercise his duty as president, political observers said here Monday. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Defence and security forces close to outgoing Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo Saturday embarked on a military offensive in Abobo district (north of Abidjan), with a view to "liberating" this neighbourhood, which has been transformed into a battlefield in the past few days, PANA learnt from authoritative sources here. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has said the decision of the AU High Level Panel on Cote d'Ivoire to recognise Alassane Ouattara as the duly elected President of Cote d'Ivoire is a vindication of the stand by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The internationally-recognised winner of Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election, Alassane Ouattara, met with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa in the capital city of Abuja Friday night, following the failed mediation efforts of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Following the failure of the African Union's mediation efforts in Cote d'Ivoire, the continental organisation has given the key stakeholders two weeks to start negotiations on how to resolve the country's post-election crisis.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – US president Barack Obama has expressed the wish to see Alassane Ouattara, he man recognised by the international community as he winner of the controversial 28 November 2010 election, in power in a peaceful transition.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A stand-off in Addis Ababa on Thursday between officials of Ivorian incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, who is regarded as the winner of last November's presidential election, has stalled a meeting of the supreme organ of the African Union. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The presumed winner of the Ivorian presidential election, Alassane Ouattara, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to join African leaders holding a crisis meeting on Cote d'Ivoire.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) High Level Panel, mandated to seek a solution to the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire within a month, Wednesday opened its meeting at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The chairman of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), Pascal Affi N'Guessan, has left for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent Cote d'Ivoire's embattled President Laurent Gbagbo at the meeting convened by the African Union (AU) to resolve the political crisis in the West African nation, PANA has learned from party sources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The British government on Monday said it was "deeply concerned" by the escalating level of violence in Cote d'Ivoire.Full text...