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Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades for deaths (+video)
The nation's president has ordered three days of national mourning to commemorate the 61 people killed in Monday night's tragedy.
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West African group backs off intervention in Mali messECOWAS had warned of a possible military intervention, but at a meeting in the Malian capital of Bamako, they accepted an interim president chosen by military coup leaders.
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Africa Monitor
Cote d'Ivoire's commitment to democratic principles questionedResidents of areas hit hardest by the 2010 post-election violence are demanding redress and accountability. President Ouattara must commit to justice and reconciliation, writes a guest blogger.
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African presidents forced to turn back from occupied Mali runway
The presidents of Ivory Coast, Benin, Liberia, Niger and Burkina Faso were due to arrive in Mali on Thursday to press for the departure of the junior officers that grabbed power in a coup last week.
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo extradited to Hague (VIDEO)
Human rights activists say the extradition of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is a big step for ending a decade of bloodshed and impunity, but peace will only be sustained if justice is even-handed.
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Africa Monitor
Is Ivory Coast really a great model for international intervention?Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara spoke about his country's violent electoral stalemate Tuesday at a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
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Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Ivory Coast defaulting on loans, despite economic recoveryThe scene of a chaotic power struggle earlier this year, Ivory Coast is now enjoying a recovery summer. But while it has the money to pay its debts, it is purposefully defaulting instead.
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Africa Monitor
Hostage video: Europeans kidnapped in Nigeria blame Al QaedaIn a video of two European engineers who were kidnapped in Nigeria, the hostages say their kidnappers are from Al Qaeda, but their home governments have doubts.
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Opinion: How to make peace last in Ivory Coast
Though the violent Ivory Coast standoff between former president Laurent Gbagbo and President Alassane Ouattara is over, the country’s troubles aren't. Ivorians must now redefine the way they relate to each other. Eight towns provide real models for grassroots reconciliation.
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Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Ivory Coast recovering from season of violenceAlassane Ouattara was sworn in as the country's president and cocoa exports critical to the nation's economy have resumed. But the damage from the recent power struggle that claimed 3,000 lives still lingers.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/08
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In Pictures: Mothers around the world
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/19
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Ivory Coast, Libya highlight growing rift between Africa and the West
Many African leaders share China's viewpoint that national sovereignty is more important than human rights and democracy.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/13
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Africa Monitor
EU and France to inject $840 million to jumpstart Ivory Coast economyMost of the aid – $540 million – will come from France, the former colonial power in Ivory Coast, 'to finance emergency spending on the population.'
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Editorial Board Blog
What the world can do now for Ivory Coast and OuattaraThe French military helped Ouattara finally remove the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, from his dwindling power. Now the UN, France, and the African Union can help the elected president heal his country's democracy and restore the economy.
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Why Ivory Coast's economic comeback could be brisk
Three economists interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor forecast Ivory Coast's annual economic growth to accelerate to an impressive 6 to 7 percent toward the end of 2011.
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo arrested, ending months-long standoff
Forces loyal to president-elect Ouattara stormed former president Gbagbo's bunker Monday and arrested him, ending the political standoff but not necessarily the violence between their supporters.
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Liberian mercenaries detail their rampages in western Ivory Coast
Hundreds of battled-hardened Liberian fighters are adding to a messy ethnic conflict brewing in western Ivory Coast that security experts warn could spread across the region's porous borders.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/10
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Africa Monitor
War in western Ivory Coast could outlast presidential battle in AbidjanForces loyal to both sides in Ivory Coast's presidential dispute recently attacked civilians in ethnically motivated killings in the country's west, according to a report by Human Rights Watch in New York.
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Africa Monitor
Ivory Coast fighting sparks fresh influx of refugees in LiberiaMore than 120,000 people have fled Ivory Coast for neighboring Liberia to escape the violence in their home country. Oxfam warn that their living conditions are 'dangerously inadequate.'
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