President Obama meets with African Leaders in Washington
President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire is seen during a meeting with President Barack Obama in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2011. Also in the meeting but not shown were leaders from Niger and Benin. UPI/Martin H. Simon/Pool
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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.
If peacekeepers leave Ivory Coast, national protection should be bolstered by the use of surveillance drones, the Ivorian envoy to the United Nations said.
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.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.
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