Mbeki meets with Ivory Coast rebel leaders
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South African President Thabo Mbeki traveled to Ivory Coast&#39;s rebel-held north on Sunday in a redoubled peace effort for West Africa&#39;s war-divided economic hub.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to launch an African effort to rein in four days of violence that have killed at least 20 people, wounded more than 600 and shut down cocoa exports from the world's largest producer.
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ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST - South Africa&#39;s president flew to Ivory Coast to try to quell the violence between government forces, French troops and civilians that has wounded more than 600 and killed at least 20.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday he had reached agreement with all sides in Ivory Coast&#39;s conflict on measures which should speed up implementation of a French-brokered peace accord.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki took his peace mission to Ivory Coast's rebel town  of Bouake on Sunday, where he was greeted by tens of thousands  of people demanding President Laurent Gbagbo quit.
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African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.
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President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa said Sunday that he was ready to make concrete proposals to revive a peace process in Ivory Coast after visiting the rebel-held north of the country on a mediation mission.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is extending by one day his mediation efforts in strife-torn Ivory Coast, after meeting with rebels in the north.
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West African leaders including Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo met in Nigeria trying to re-start Ivory Coast's stalled peace process and prevent more unrest in the divided country.
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France's President Chirac says SA leader Thabo Mbeki must "understand the soul of West Africa" to broker a peace deal in Ivory Coast.
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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called a cabinet meeting after vowing to rebuild his military and attempting to woo back the thousands of foreign nationals who fled a new wave of violence in the divided west African state.
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Johannesburg - Ivory Coast rebels were on Friday due to hold a second day of talks with South African leader and mediator Thabo Mbeki on their proposals for a new peace plan after a very encouraging start, according to Pretoria.
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Niger's prime minister and military chiefs met neighboring Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday to discuss cross-border cooperation against Tuareg-led rebels in Niger's desert north, officials said.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said he would meet  President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday to discuss terms for  ending the violence that has helped push crude prices to record  highs.
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The leader of the northern rebels in Ivory Coast is traveling to South Africa to meet with President Thabo Mbeki to discuss the peace process in the world&#39;s number one cocoa-producing nation.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is to hold further talks with his Ivorian counterpart Laurent Gbagbo Monday to help renew peace efforts in the west African nation.
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BRUSSELS , Belgium  - South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday he would meet Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro this weekend to try to revive a peace process left in tatters by recent unrest in the west African country.