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During a visit to Ivory Coast, Emmanuel Macron vows that France will continue fighting terrorism in the Sahel region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Where food is scarce, creative measures are taken for the sake of survival, and that's why bush meat persists as a source of sustenance in African countries vulnerable to the Ebola virus. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2011
Libya may get all the attention, but another international effort to oust an African strongman may have reached its conclusion After three months of fighting, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was captured by forces loyal to France, the UN, his political opposition or all of the above, depending on who tells it (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 9, 2011
More than 100 people have been found dead in western parts of the Ivory Coast, victims of what investigators believe are ethnically motivated massacres. U.N. officials say the killings may have been carried out by Liberian mercenaries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 1, 2011
The West African nation of Ivory Coast is under crisis as troops supporting the United Nations-recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, move for a final push to oust Laurent Gibagbo, the sitting president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 12, 2011
While the world’s attention is focused on the uprisings in North Africa, West Africa's Ivory Coast teeters on the brink of civil war in the wake of an election that saw outpolled President Laurent Gbagbo refuse to cede power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 5, 2011
The value of the Davis example, as with the parade of Wall Street hustlers so prominent among the Clintonistas, is that his greed has broken his cover. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 27, 2010
The Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step aside after losing to a rival in November's presidential election, has warned that any foreign intervention could spark an “interior war.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigDec 15, 2010
What do you call it when a country's elites exploit its people and resources for profit abroad? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 5, 2010
In an electoral equivalent of the game of chicken taken to the extreme, two candidates for the Ivory Coast presidency have both sworn themselves in, claiming the post for their own and sparking a major political crisis in the West African country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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