Ivorian leader hits out at France
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo accuses France of supporting rebels in the country's renewed civil war.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to defuse a crisis in Ivory Coast on Tuesday which has triggered days of rioting, put French troops on
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Supporters of Ivory Coast&#39;s President Laurent Gbagbo criticized on Tuesday a United Nations decision to impose an arms embargo on the world&#39;s top cocoa grower but rebel leaders welcomed the move.
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Mobs loyal to the Ivory Coast government militias clashed with French peacekeeping troops in Abidjan in the worst violence observers have seen between France and its former colony in decades.
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A top US general said Tuesday France was right to have destroyed Ivory Coast&#39;s air force for the bombing deaths of French peacekeepers in the west African country, which he called &quot;an exceptionally ignorant and stupid&quot; error in judgment.
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Ivory Coast's rebel chief said on  Thursday he wanted President Laurent Gbagbo charged with war  crimes as the West African country's leader called on thousands  of foreigners who fled mob violence to return.
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Ivory Coast's rebel leader Guillaume  Soro began a diplomatic offensive on Thursday as President  Laurent Gbagbo called on thousands of foreigners who fled  unrest in the West African country to return.
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France faced the threat of legal action at the world court following its destruction of Ivorian military aircraft, as an Ivorian police chief said he saw French troops fire directly at unarmed demonstrators at a rally in Abidjan.
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ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast and France traded jabs Monday over responsibility for last week&#39;s unrest, as the UN Security Council appeared set to impose an arms embargo on the divided west African state.
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Paris - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called, in a radio interview aired on Thursday, for French businessmen to return to Ivory Coast, the divided West African state hit recently by anti-French and anti-Westerner violence.
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French President Jacques Chirac faced at times scathing criticism from British newspapers for stressing his continued differences with London over Iraq during a visit to Britain.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame, involved in a row with France over the 1994 genocide in his country, further criticized French involvement in Africa on Monday, blaming some of the continent's woes on Paris.
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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo hailed a new UN report denouncing rights violations but complained it did not go far enough in urging sanctions against those who committed atrocities.
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Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say the war in Ivory Coast is now against both rebels and France, after French forces destroyed most Ivorian military aircraft and army weapons.
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Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo said on Saturday a law passed by parliament allowing an opposition leader to run for president would go to a referendum, triggering rebel accusations he was wrecking peace efforts.
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President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on neighbouring countries involved in Ivory Coast&#39;s two year conflict.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to the anti-French violence which erupted after France destroyed most of the country's air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French ...