Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian Army on Wednesday said on National Radio and Television that the UN Secretary General special representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Young-Jin Choi, should be held responsible for the violence involving forces loyal to both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara on Thursday and Friday.Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Heavy shooting took place all morning Thursday in Cocody, at the vicinity of the hotel where Alassane Ouattara is operating from, PANA reported, quoting witnesses.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing political stalemate in Cote d’Ivoire, saying "the situation is taking a worrying turn with unfolding events that can lead to wide-spread violence." Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Prime minister appointed by incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, Aké Ngbo, on Tuesday announced that his government would audit all ministries in the country. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU), meeting in Brussels, have slammed Laurent Gbagbo with targeted sanctions, including travel bans to Europe and the freezing of his bank accounts in Europe. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Forces loyal to both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara on Monday confronted each other after the Gbagbo troops attacked a hotel in Abidjan where Ouattara is operating from, according to reports emanating from the Ivorian capital, Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambian government has declared its preparedness “to support moves to find a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire", PANA reported from here Monday, quoting the Gambian Secretary General and civil service chief, Dr. Njogu Bah. Full text...

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - African Union Commission chief Jean Ping Sunday defended his recent appointment of former South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate in the political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire, saying he had a better chance of success. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabon on Friday appealed to Ivorians to give priority to peace by taking into consideration the positions of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to solve the crisis arising from the disputed 28 November presidential run-off election in which the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and his rival, Alassane Ouattara, have claimed victory. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Ghanaian newspaper has lashed out at Ivorian leaders for the post-election crisis that is threatening to split up the country and urged them to bury heir narrow political ambitions in the greater supreme interest of Ivorians and Africans. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United Kingdom has hailed the stand of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire saying this has sent a clear and unequivocal message that Cote d’Ivoire’s neighbours are determined to uphold democratic principles. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The UN operations in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) is to withdraw its non-essential staff because of the post-election troubles that are threatening to tear the country apart. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Secretariat of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has expressed its deep concern about the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire, stemming from the results of the second round of the presidential polls. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Belgian commandos on Sunday left Belgium for Ivory Coast to prepare a possible intervention in that country to protect the Belgian embassy and nationals, a statement from the Belgian Defence ministry issued Monday in Brussels says. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The 28 November presidential run-off in Cote d'Ivoire was expected to be the final part of the roadmap to re-unify the country and re-establish constitutional democracy. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – In another day of dramatic events in Cote d'Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in for another term of office, as he brushed aside loud international condemnation of his action as "foreign interference". Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Saturday announced the appointment of former South African President Thabo Mbeki as the chief mediator to the Ivorian political crisis moments before the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in for a new term, PANA reported. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has called for calm in Cote d' Ivoire amid reported violence in the country following the release of the results of the 28 November presidential run-off elections. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Friday extended to April next year , the sanctions on weapons, financial and travel on some individuals in Cote d'I v oire. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The ongoing political impasse in Cote d'Ivoire is contribu ting to heightened tensions and hampering efforts to normalize the situation in t he country, a UN envoy said on Friday. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has extended by one month, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces supporting it. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Despite its appreciation of the tireless efforts of Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore in facilitating the inter- Ivorian dialogue, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) said it was dismayed by the persistence of the crisis in Cote d'lvoire. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Two persons died and others were wounded in clashes between two factions of Ivorian ex-rebels Thursday in Bouake, a stronghold of the ex-rebellion in central Cote d'Ivoire, sources told PANA. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian opposition is not about to give up the fight it began when President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the Independent Elect oral Commission (CEI) and the government last week. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations is to send 500 peacekeepers from Burkin a Faso to Cote d'Ivoire ahead of the March elections in the country, according t o a UN statement, made available to PANA in New York on Wednesday. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The deputy special representative of the UN Secr etary-General in Côte d'Ivoire, Abou Moussa, Monday in Abidjan delivered materia l s to the Minister of Defence, Michael Amani N'guessan, as part of the logistical support to the redeployment of police officers and gendarmes in the country, UN s ources informed PANA. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Members of the board and high command of the for mer Ivorian rebel group, New Forces (NF), will meet on Monday in Bouaké, central Cote d’Ivoire, to take a decision on the resignation of Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, a press release signed by Mr Alain Lobognon, the NF's communication direct o r, said on Friday. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Members of the New Forces, a former rebel group in Cote d'Ivoire, have asked their general secretary, Guillaume Soro, to resign f rom his duties as Prime minister of the country. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) on Thu rsday said it was worried about the delay in the identification process in the c o untry which was “running out of steam”. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian opposition Thursday voiced conerns o ver the security of the electoral process to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon wh o was meeting with the main political parties in the country on the second day of his visit to Côte d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Two persons, including an 18-year-old student, were killed during demonstrations against the high cost of living Monday and Tuesday in Abidjan, according to an official statement issued here Thursday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Kigbafori Soro has once again claimed that the country's peace process is moving forward. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Satisfied by developments in Côte d'Ivoire since the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has called on political forces and the civil society in the West African nation to consolidate the peace momentum, with a view to holding presidential election by the end of the first half of 2008. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian government has set up a committee on the implementation of the proposal to scrap residence permit for foreigners living in the country, according to the office of Prime Minister Guillaume Soro. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian opposition, regrouped under the Rally of Houphouestists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), has expressed worry about "major uncertainties on the effective date of elections" in the West African country. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian Premier Guillaume Soro has said the introduction of the national civic service will lower the risk of young Ivorians taking up arms in the country. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian court clerks have threatened to boycott the forthcoming public hearings in the country unless their status improves, the chairman of the National Union of Ivorian Clerks (UNAG-CI), Roger Dakouri, warned Tuesday. Full text...

Bouake- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- President Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d'Ivoire on Monday in the ex-rebel zone of Bouake officially declared the end of the civil war that erupted 22 September 2002 and dichotomised the country. Full text...

Bouake- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Prime Minister Guillaume Soro of the Ivorian consensus government on Monday said in Bouake, stronghold of the former New Forces (FN) rebels, that the peace process in Cote d'Ivoire was irreversible and peace was here, "within (our) reach". Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Implementation of -the Ivorian peace accord signed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 4 March between the authorities and the New Forces has not been "fast enough, because everybody have their own calculations and ulterior motives", said president Laurent Gbagbo. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian army chief Brigadier--general Philippe Mangou, and his New Forces Armed Forces (FAFN) counterpart, General Soumaila Bakayoko, late Wednesday at the United Nations Operations office in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) in Abidjan, signed an accord on the suppression of the buffer zone due to be implemented on 16 April. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian President -Laurent Gbagbo Tuesday kicked off a series of consultations on the restoration of peace to the West African nation plunged into politico-military crisis in September 2002 after an army mutiny. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Where is Cote d'Ivoire headed to after the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) late Tuesday endorsed a one-year extension of President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate? It may take some time to realise what exactly lies ahead for the country whose political crisis, over the past four years, has tested the skills of many in trying to puzzle it out -- from Linas- Marcoussis in France to the UN Security Council, the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Pretoria in South Africa and several capitals in the West African sub-region. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare Tuesday appealed to the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting here at heads of state level to ensure the success of the peace process in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The ruling Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) has said it wants International Working Group (IWG) dissolved and the French military forces withdrawn from the country due to the failure of the Linas-Marcoussis accords. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Guinea Bissau have hail "progress" made in attaining national reconciliation and lasting peace in Cote d'Ivoire, an official source said here Monday. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The United Nations on Friday awarded medals to 732 Moroccan army officers and non-commissioned officers in the 3rd contingent of the battalion of the world body's peacekeepers currently serving in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Cote d'Ivoire army chief of staff, General Philippe Mangou, has urged all segments of society to show responsibility and abide by democratic norms. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has reiterated his rejection of "any kind of fresh negotiations with ECOWAS" as well as the proposed transitional administration after the expiry of his mandate on 30 October 2005. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Former Ivorian rebels grouped as the New Forces meet Wednesday to decide on participation in the Independent Electoral Commission, whose composition has been widely decried by opposition parties. Full text...