AU urges action on Ivory Coast
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A summit of African leaders ends with a series of moves aimed at helping secure a peace deal in Ivory Coast.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed four areas where the United Nations can immediately help the African Union (AU) expand its cease fire-monitoring mission in
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The United Nations on Thursday urged   Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and his opponents to use   talks set for next week to untangle the political deadlock   which is obstructing elections in the war-divided country.
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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 peacekeepers.
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Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo  appealed for calm on Sunday and urged protesters to return home  after two days of anti-French mob violence.
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African Union heads of state meet to discuss the conflicts in Ivory Coast and Sudan's Darfur region.
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African people affected by landmines are anxiously waiting for a determined common African action on landmines, an African Union (AU) official told the opening session of a four-day conference on landmines.
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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 the streets and paralyzed cocoa exports in the world's top grower.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast today in a bid to bring an end to the chaos after four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead.
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France sought a vote in the U.N.  Security Council Monday to impose an arms embargo and other  bans on Ivory Coast after a cease-fire was broken and nine  French soldiers were killed by government bombings.
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French President Jacques Chirac and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo, the current head of the African Union, held talks here Thursday centring on mediation efforts in the troubled Ivory Coast.
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The African Union (AU) is considering the deployment of peacekeepers to Ivory Coast after days of violence in the world's largest cocoa producer, South African President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman has said.
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South Africa&#39;s president, Thabo Mbeki, arrived in Ivory Coast yesterday to launch an African Union effort to resolve the crisis, as violence continued for the fourth day.
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The African Union (AU) has decided to expand the number of African mission in Sudan&#39;s Darfur to assist more effectively in the restoration of peace and security in the region, said an AU communique here on Thursday.
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African leaders have voiced support for proposed UN sanctions against both the Ivory Coast government and rebel groups. African Union leaders from Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina
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The African Union will not abandon  Darfur but it needs more international support if it is to  continue its peacekeeping mission, the AU commission chairman  said in a meeting with European Union leaders on Monday.
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Heads of the 15 states that sit on the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold a summit to discuss the situation in Ivory Coast on December 10, the organisation announced.