Selah Hennessy, VOA Human rights abuses have been committed by forces loyal to the incumbent leader of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo and by forces loyal to his rival Alassane Ouattara, an Amnesty International investigation reported Tuesday. Gaetan Mootoo is one of the Amnesty researchers who went to Ivory Coast to investigate human rights abuses there.… Continue reading Amnesty Reports on Ivory Coast Abuses
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Gbagbo Adviser: AU Investigation of Ivorian Crisis Welcomed
Peter Clottey, VOA A special adviser to embattled Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo said the arrival of African Union (AU) experts to investigate and find ways to resolve the crisis shows, in his words, an indictment and failure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to end the political impasse. Ambassador Yao Gnamien, who… Continue reading Gbagbo Adviser: AU Investigation of Ivorian Crisis Welcomed
ECOWAS to Meet Obama and UN Chief on Ivory Coast Crisis
A Nigerian foreign minister has said that An ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) delegation will meet U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week to discuss the Ivory Coast crisis. “The delegation is led by President (Ernest Bai) Koroma of Sierra Leone and comprises the president of the ECOWAS Commission,… Continue reading ECOWAS to Meet Obama and UN Chief on Ivory Coast Crisis
Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo Loyalists Open fire towards UN security patrol
18 January 2011 –Forces loyal to former president of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down despite his defeat in November’s elections, opened fire last night towards United Nations peacekeepers in charge of security for a top African Union (AU) emissary, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country. Deploring the… Continue reading Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo Loyalists Open fire towards UN security patrol
Cote d’Ivoire: Several die in clashes between protesters and security forces
Several people died on Thursday when demonstrators calling for President Laurent Gbagbo to step down clashed with security forces in Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, Abidjan, reports said
Gbagbo; Another ugly face for Africa
So far, the situation looks ominous with Mr. Gbagbo’s refusal to back down. Not surprising, he is being encouraged by none other than Russia, the old nemesis of the West in the cold war days.