Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Unrest In The Ivory Coast -- News Updates January 19, 2011

The UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire has increasingly been targeted amid the country's political turmoil [Reuters]

Renegade Ivory Coast Leader Gbagbo Won't Pay Off Debts, Say Opponents -- Christian Science Monitor

Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara accuses renegade President Laurent Gbagbo of paying his loyalist armed forces while neglecting to pay international creditors.

Alassane Ouattara, the former International Monetary Fund economist that just about every world leader recognizes as Ivory Coast's president-elect, doesn't think his opponent will ever pay his bills.

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More News On The Crisis In The Ivory Coast

UN council approves more troops for Ivory Coast
-- Reuters
UN Security Council Adds 2,000 Troops to Ivory Coast Force -- Bloomberg
UN Security Council sends 2,000 more peacekeepers to Cote d'Ivoire -- Xinhuanet
Ivory Coast: Shooting erupts, military chiefs meet -- AP
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo rejects Kenyan as mediator -- Reuters
Cote d'Ivoire's Gbagbo rejects Kenyan PM Odinga as mediator: media -- Xinhuanet
Mediator Leaves Ivory Coast with No Breakthrough -- Voice of America
Swiss government freezes Gbagbo funds -- AFP
Ivory Coast President Gbagbo Scrapes to Survive in Ivory Coast -- Voice of America
Gbagbo blamed for Ivorian crisis -- UPI
Ivory Coast: civilians flee post-election chaos -- The Guardian
Peacekeepers Under Attack In Cote D'Ivoire -- Voice of America editorial

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