Ivoirian Throngs Assemble to Shield President From the French
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French and Ivory Coast military commanders appealed for calm Monday in Abidjan, as government supporters, whipped into a frenzy by reports that French tanks were
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French citizens wait to depart to France at the airport of Abidjan , Ivory Coast, on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. African leaders convened in an emergency summit on Ivory Coast&#39;s crisis on Sunday without this country&#39;s
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for  an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France  destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation  for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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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 ...
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Hard-line supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo blocked major routes in the country's largest city Wednesday to protest an identification program that they say rebels could exploit to skew upcoming presidential elections.
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Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say he is under attack by France to resign, but they will defend him. Protests against French interests continue one day after French troops neutralized
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urged protesters to form a &quot;human shield&quot; to protect the house of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. the unrest in Ivory Coast, the world&#39;s largest cocoa grower.
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Angry mobs armed with machetes and clubs hunted foreigners through the streets of Ivory Coast&#39;s main cities yesterday to avenge the destruction of the country&#39;s air force by the French military.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- A tense face-off took place outside the home of Ivory Coast&#39;s hard-line president. Thousands of government loyalists formed a &quot;human shield&quot; outside the Abidjan home of President Laurent
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The French president defends judges embroiled in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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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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French troop reinforcements flew to the coastal city of Abidjan in riot-torn Ivory Coast yesterday amid rising concerns that the conflict between
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France started to evacuate thousands of its own and other foreign nationals from the Ivory Coast today, rescuing them from rampaging mobs targeting expatriates.
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France sent hundreds more troops to the Ivory Coast commercial capital of Abidjan on Sunday, as government loyalists went on a violent rampage taking aim at the
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Loud explosions rocked Ivory Coast's  main city of Abidjan early on Sunday and heavy gunfire could be  heard as thousands of anti-French demonstrators marched toward  a French military base.
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Hundreds of protesters in the Ivory Coast commercial capital, Abidjan, have gone on a rampage, after the military resumed attacks on rebel positions ending months of stalled peace negotiations.
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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.