UN Contingent Secures Site for Ivorians Displaced by Post-Electoral Fighting
The Moroccan contingent of the UN Operation in Ivory Coast (UNOCI) secures a site in Duékoué on March 30, 2011, in the western Moyen-Cavally region of Ivory Coast, where displaced persons have decamped. The area has been plunged into crisis since fighting erupted between military forces loyal to former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and supporters of the internationally-recognized new president, Alassane Ouattara. UPI/GLENNA GORDON/UN
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Long-term recovery in Ivory Coast would be supported by focusing on the country's political problems, Human Rights Watch said.
The security situation in Ivory Coast could quickly deteriorate despite recent security gains, the U.S. State Department warned.
"Warlord-style predatory economic activities" of ex-Ivory Coast rebel leaders integrated into the military include smuggling cocoa beans, a U.N. report said.
Members of former President Laurent Gbagbo's party say they will sit out when Ivory Coast voters go to the polls for this weekend's local elections.
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Ivory Coast is still flush with weapons more than two years after an end to post-election conflict, a researcher from Amnesty International said.
None of the forces in an Ivorian military unit created by President Alassane Ouattara have faced trial for post-election abuses, Human Rights Watch said.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, April 11, 2013.
Ivory Coast isn't living up to its commitments to hold all parties to post-election violence accountable for their crimes, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
African countries like Ivory Coast need the support of the Chinese government to advance economic and political goals, the Ivorian president said.
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