Ivory Coast calm after mob riots
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The main Ivorian city returns to normal after anti-French riots as UK troops deploy to help foreigners leave.
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French soldiers fired to disperse  protesters in Ivory Coast on Tuesday after days of rioting in  the main city Abidjan.
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The Liberian capital Monrovia was under curfew after citywide riots killed at least five people two days before the end of a UN disarmament effort, provoking fears of a return to conflict in the west African state.
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French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast use tear gas to calm protests over an alleged bank heist by French troops.
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Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in several Kenyan cities Wednesday, but the East African nation was mostly calm at the start of an opposition call for three days of mass demonstrations over a disputed election.
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PARIS One week after a fragile calm returned to Ivory Coast, the country&#39;s business life remains in shambles, with many foreign chief executives out of the country and no prospect of their immediate return.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is  expected in Ivory Coast on Tuesday to try to defuse a crisis  which has triggered days of mob violence and put French troops  on the streets of the main city.
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Gunfire killed at least 10 and wounded  hundreds in a clash involving French troops, protesters and  local security forces in Ivory Coast on Tuesday, the fourth  straight day of chaotic violence in the West African country.
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UN forces have been deployed to restore calm in Liberia&#39;s capital of Monrovia where sectarian violence sparked widespread looting and destruction.
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ABIDJAN, Nov 12  - Details of rapes and other violence began to emerge Friday after a week of unrest in Abidjan, as thousands of expatriates continued their exodus from Ivory Coast and African leaders moved to stem a crisis that could destabilize
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm and urged protesters to return home after two days of anti-French violence.
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France dispatched another 600 troops Sunday to help calm the volatile situation in the Ivory Coast, where French forces, deployed to enforce a shaky cease-fire, and ordinary civilians have been the targets of violence.
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PARIS, Nov 23 (IPS) - Beneath the apparent calm after the last round of  clashes the diplomatic battle in Cote d'Ivoire is getting  hotter.
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France sent reinforcements to Ivory Coast and deployed armoured vehicles and helicopter gunships as French troops used tear gas and concussion grenades to quell an explosion of violence in its former West African colony.
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More French citizens prepared to quit  their former colony Ivory Coast on Thursday as African leaders  strived to stem the chaotic violence in the country which  threatens to plunge West Africa into turmoil.
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France sought on Monday to reassure thousands of angry Ivorian demonstrators that it was not trying to topple President Laurent Gbagbo, after a weekend of mob violence forced more than 2,000 foreigners to flee ...
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Port-Au-Prince - Calm settled over the Haitian capital early on Sunday after two days of political unrest left 10 dead, as aid continued to arrive in flood-ravaged areas in the north.