Monday, January 24, 2011

Nigeria Urges For A UN Mandate To Oust The Former President Of The Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Abidjan, December 24, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

Nigeria Wants UN Backing For Military Intervention In Ivory Coast -- Voice Of America

Nigeria wants United Nations backing for a regional intervention force to remove Ivory Coast's incumbent president in favor of the internationally-recognized winner of November's vote.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia says the threat by West African leaders to use force to remove incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo needs "unequivocal international support" from the U.N. Security Council.

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More News On The Unrest In The Ivory Coast

Gbagbo Supporters Say Regional Leaders Bluffing About Military Intervention -- Voice of America
Nigeria Asks UN to Sanction Force to Remove Laurent Gbagbo, ThisDay Says -- Bloomberg
'Armies ready to oust Gbagbo' -- Al Jazeera
Nigeria urges UN to authorise force in Ivory Coast -- AFP
AU envoy says military option last resort in Ivory Coast -- AFP
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Faces Financial `Asphyxia' as Sanctions Begin to Bite -- Bloomberg
U.S. backs call for Ivory Coast cocoa export ban -- Reuters
US backs Ivorian cocoa, coffee embargo -- AFP
Ivory Coast cocoa exports 'banned' by Alassane Ouattara -- BBC
Ivory Coast's president-elect Alassane Ouattara imposes cocoa export ban -- The Telegraph

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