ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, July 4 (UPI) -- In Ivory Coast the army and rebels have signed a declaration formally ending a war that began last September.
Friday's statement comes more than six months after a peace accord was signed in France, the Voice of America reported. Even though fighting finally stopped last month, very little from the peace accord has been implemented.
After signing the document, rebel spokesman Bamba Sinima called on all Ivorians to work for peace, including politicians and youth groups who have been opposed to the French-brokered peace deal.
Sinima also called for the immediate appointment of ministers of defense and the interior in the power-sharing government and said President Laurent Gbagbo must stop buying weapons.
Gbagbo says all foreign fighters are being chased out while the implementation of the peace accord has started, including the drafting an amnesty law for all Ivorian fighters in the conflict.
