France Is Cast as the Villain in Ivory Coast
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When the chanting mob descended on the strip mall that Jean Bobue Nguessam is paid to guard, he stood his ground, though not out of courage.
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A summit of French-speaking nations is to focus on the civil war in Ivory Coast which resumed three weeks ago, ministers say. The Francophone summit in Burkina Faso is due to consider a motion condemning the actions of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.
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Ivory Coast forces have reinforced security in the economic capital Abidjan in response to rumors of an attack by rebels holding the north of the West African state, a military source said on Sunday.
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PARIS: France will act âtirelesslyâ to ensure the safety of French citizens and other foreigners in Ivory Coast, President Jacques Chirac said Friday.
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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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âLa Francophonie has a large political role to play, especially to prevent conflicts,â said Deiss. The French bloc adopted a resolution on Ivory Coast after talks on Saturday in the Burkina Faso capital
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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 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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ABIDJAN: An exodus from Ivory Coast began yesterday with a first planeload of French nationals while thousands of Ivorians fled to escape a week of deadly violence, amid new tensions that sent thousands into Abidjan&#39;s streets.
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French military reinforcements deployed in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan following a night of anti-French rampages and the deaths of nine of their compatriots in an airstrike.
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Foreign Ministry officials are considering recalling diplomatic personnel now in the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan due to increasing anti-French violence and widespread rioting and looting.
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PARIS - French troops killed more than 30 Ivory Coast nationals and wounded at least 100 others in the ongoing crisis in the west African country, Ivorian parliament speaker Mamadou Coulibaly said on French public radio France Inter on Sunday.
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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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In an attempt to ease tensions in the Ivory Coast, France has opted not to point the finger of blame at President Laurent Gbagbo for the violence that has roiled the country in the past week.
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ABIDJAN, Nov 12  - The top French soldier in Ivory Coast has confirmed that women were raped in anti-French violence that has erupted in the volatile west African nation over the last week.
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A number of French women living in Ivory Coast were raped during anti-French violence in France&#39;s former West African colony over the past week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Herve Ladsous said in Paris.
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PARIS - In an attempt to ease tensions in the Ivory Coast, France has opted not to point the finger of blame at President Laurent Gbagbo for the violence that has roiled the country in the past week.