New Ivory Coast Army Chief: Ready for Talks
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Ivory Coast's new army chief said on  Friday he was ready to negotiate to achieve peace in the West  African country, two weeks after he commanded an assault on the  rebel-held north which shattered an 18-month cease-fire.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo  replaced his army chief with a more hardline officer and vowed  to rebuild his air force on Sunday as regional leaders gathered  in Nigeria to discuss unrest in the West African state.
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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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Ivory Coast's president said Thursday that he accepts a U.N. arms embargo targeting his government, if it applies equally to all factions in the country's civil war.
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Ivory Coast's leader vows not to block peace moves in the divided nation as the UN imposes an arms embargo.
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Top generals in Ivory Coast pledged on  Monday to work with France to establish stability in the  world's top cocoa grower after three days of violent  anti-French riots in the main city Abidjan.
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Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo allows the national assembly to consider changing rules on who may run for president.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki started new peace talks with various Ivory Coast groups, as European Union delegates urged all parties to find a peaceful solution to the two-year crisis wracking the divided west African nation.
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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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Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm after a weekend of violence against French targets. In a televised address, he also justified his army&#39;s return to war.
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A summit of French-speaking nations will now concentrate on the civil war in Ivory Coast, ministers say.
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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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Ivory Coast&#39;s rebels have asked President Thabo Mbeki to help provide security when they begin to disarm. Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast&#39;s president, has acceded to Mbeki&#39;s request to create a conducive atmosphere
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ABIDJAN  - South African President Thabo Mbeki wrapped up a four-day peace-making trip to the Ivory Coast, saying that all parties in the divided west African nation have agreed to four proposals including key political reforms to put the country
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is sending his defence minister to Ivory Coast this week following encouraging talks with protagonists in the country&#39;s worsening conflict, officials said on Monday.
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Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo   named a new government on Saturday, 10 days after a toxic waste   dumping scandal forced the cabinet to resign, but left key   ministers in their posts, his spokesman said.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- All sides in Ivory Coast's conflict have agreed on measures to revive a moribund peace plan and speed up its implementation, South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday at the end of a mediation mission.