Ivory Coast nabs 2 execs in dump scandal
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Authorities arrested and charged two executives of a Dutch commodities company whose dumped toxic waste has caused seven deaths and widespread sickness in the Ivory Coast's largest city, a government official said Monday.
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France and the United Nations began evacuating thousands of French and other expatriates Wednesday trapped at U.N. offices and a French military base amid days of anti-foreigner rampages in Ivory Coast's largest city, French and U.N. officials said.
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Two Nigerian ex-governors accused of corruption have been arrested, say anti-graft officials.
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YAMOUSSOUKRO/ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast's government   resigned on Wednesday after toxic waste dumped around the main   city Abidjan killed three people, made 1,500 ill and triggered   street protests.
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Leaders at a summit in Burkina Faso of mostly French-speaking nations have condemned authorities in divided Ivory Coast for resuming hostilities in the rebel-held north earlier this month.
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France is to begin evacuating its nationals from Ivory Coast after days of anti-French demonstrations. The disturbances come in response to France&#39;s destruction of the Ivorian air force, in retaliation for
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It was no simple matter, in the midst of mob demonstrations and machete attacks on foreigners in Ivory Coast last week, for a Westerner to keep an appointment with President Laurent Gbagbo.
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A Dutch-based oil trading company paid $197 million to secure the release of three executives from an Ivory Coast prison and settle claims that it dumped toxic waste that killed at least 10 people in the West African nation.
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These included one person and two companies who sent unwanted e-mails and cellphone text messages. The Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (Opta) also said it had signed an agreement with French
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Ivory Coast says 63 people have been killed in a week of clashes with French troops as it hands over military powers to a former head of its northern command, whose appointment is considered a provocation by both the rebels and France.
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Two key figures in a Belarus company linked to processing fees for memberships to child pornography Web sites have been extradited from France.
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Victims of a toxic waste spill in Ivory Coast are to be compensated but most of the money stays in state hands.
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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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The former head of the scandal-tainted UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and another official have been suspended after a damning investigation last week, the United Nations said.
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A burgeoning scandal at America&#39;s second-largest financial institution that threatens to undermine the US housing market has seen two top executives forced out.
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French magistrates charged a third person in connection with a dirty tricks scandal that has become known as the Clearstream affair, just two weeks before Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin was due to testify in the case.
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A government commission investigating a deadly toxic waste scandal on Thursday blamed the tragedy on negligence and corruption by senior officials and an ill-equipped company set up solely to dump the waste.