France, UN launch evacuations from Ivory Coast
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast The UN says it&#39;s starting to evacuate its staff from the west African nation of Ivory Coast, following four days of chaotic violence there.
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British forces have begun the evacuation of its nationals from troubled Ivory Coast, the Foreign Office said.
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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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The United Nations and France demanded on Sunday that President Laurent Gbagbo end fighting in Ivory Coast after his forces killed nine French peacekeepers in a bombing raid on a rebel-held town.
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UK forces are to undertake an evacuation of British nationals from the west African state of Ivory Coast. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said a company of the Royal Gurkha Regiment is &quot;pre-positioning&quot; in the
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France is to begin evacuating its nationals from Ivory Coast because of rampant anti-French feelings.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France concluded one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa yesterday and the UN Security Council imposed an immediate arms embargo against Ivory Coast, stepping up pressure to end the violence that spurred the exodus.
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United Nations: France on Monday pressed the UN Security Council to slap an arms embargo on Ivory Coast amid an upsurge of violence in the west African nation but ran into reluctance from China, diplomats said.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - France defended itself Friday against accusations by Ivory Coast authorities, and some western evacuees, that it used excessive force to protect foreigners against violent mobs during five days of upheaval in its former West
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France readied a U.N. resolution  that seeks an arms embargo on the Ivory Coast after nine French  soldiers and an American civilian were killed in a government  bombing raid.
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France will begin evacuating its nationals and other Europeans from Ivory Coast starting Wednesday, the spokesman of French forces in the troubled west African country said.
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The flare-up of violence in the Ivory Coast - which has seen 300 British troops sent in to evacuate British nationals â-ould spread across West Africa and plunge the region back into conflict, a senior UN official has warned.
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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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After several days of anti-French mob violence, France and the US began one of the most largest evacuations of hundreds of French citizens and thousands of others from Ivory Coast.
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Sweden has evacuated its embassyin the Cote d'Ivoire amid warnings of more violence, Radio Sweden reported on Tuesday.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - French troops in Ivory  Coast's main city of Abidjan fired into the air on Monday to  disperse thousands of demonstrators massing to support the West  African country's President Laurent Gbagbo.
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France sought a vote in the U.N.  Security Council Monday to impose an arms embargo and other  bans on Ivory Coast after a cease-fire was broken and nine  French soldiers were killed by government bombings.