Friday, March 25, 2011

Civil War In Ivory Coast -- News Updates March 25, 2011

Youth supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo gather at a stadium at army headquarters to sign up for military service in Abidjan March 21. Luc Gnago/Reuters

Ivory Coast: The Brewing Civil War No One Is Talking About -- MSNBC

Dangerous paramilitary forces are thwarted by amulet-wearing self-proclaimed “Invisible Commandos,” innocent women are gunned down in broad daylight by forces loyal to a despot who won’t give up power. Quick, which conflict is it?

While the world has been focused on airstrikes and dramatic developments on the ground in Libya, a string of Middle East uprisings and twin natural disasters and the fear of a nuclear meltdown in Japan, another serious crisis has been quietly brewing: a potential civil war in the Ivory Coast.

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More News On the Civil War In Ivory Coast

UN: Up to 1 million flee Ivory Coast violence -- Yahoo News/AP
Million flee Ivory Coast chaos -- Press Association
Ivory Coast Unrest Forces Up to 1 Million to Flee, UN Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
UN: One Million Displaced in Ivory Coast -- Voice of America
Growing concern over Ivory Coast's humanitarian crisis -- Yahoo News/AFP
Ivory Coast rage grows over Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to cede power -- L.A. Times
Rebel leader wants to 'take Gbagbo out' -- UPI
Cote d'Ivoire: Hundreds of Lives Lost Amidst Slow International Response -- allAfrica.com
UN Official: Ivory Coast Death Toll Up to 462 -- Voice of America
52 killed in I.Coast in one week, UN aid warehouse looted -- AFP
UN resolution seeks sanctions against Ivory Coast -- Mercury News/AP
Ecowas asks UN to take measures to get Gbagbo to cede power -- BBC
France asks U.N. council to sanction Ivory Coast's Gbagbo -- Reuters
No easy solutions to Ivory Coast crisis -- Robyn Curnow, CNN
Africa: An African Solution to the Crisis? -- Dibussi Tande, allAfrica.com

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