UN orders Ivory Coast arms ban
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- The UN Security Council has voted to impose an immediate arms embargo on the Ivory Coast. The 15-member council also vowed to punish key government and rebel leaders with additional
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NAIROBI, Kenya - The UN Security Council should impose sanctions on Sudan&#39;s government and enforce an arms embargo on pro-government Arab militias accused of ethnic cleansing in the country&#39;s Darfur region, a human rights group and aid agencies said
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Rwanda appealed on Wednesday for the U.N. Security Council to abolish a provision requiring notification of all arms exports to the African nation, saying it impeded its ability to equip peacekeepers.
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The UN sanctions against the Ivorian Government and the ex-rebels is a step in the right direction in the effort to end the strife in the once prosperous African country.
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The decision last Monday by the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Ivory Coast -- with the possibility of further sanctions -- was necessary to slow the spiral toward chaos in
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Ivory Coast rebels vowed on  Monday to repel army attacks robustly as the U.N. Security  Council was poised to slap an immediate arms embargo on all  sides of the conflict in the world's top cocoa producer.
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Six African leaders sent a tough message to Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, supporting a proposed UN arms embargo on his country and warning him against further attacks on rebel-held cities.
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President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on neighbouring countries involved in Ivory Coast&#39;s two year conflict.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to name and impose sanctions on countries that helped rebels wage a civil war in the West African state, Ivorian media reported yesterday.
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An African crisis summit to discuss unrest in Ivory Coast on Sunday called for an immediate UN arms embargo on both sides in the conflict, as the Ivorian government moved to rebuild its air force.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- African leaders backed an arms embargo and other immediate UN sanctions against Ivory Coast yesterday, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo's hard-line government even further in its deadly confrontation with its former colonial ruler, France.
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The Government of the Ivory Coast is planning to take legal action against French troops accused of shooting civilians. The Ivorian Government is taking its case to the International Court of Justice.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory  Coast fired into the air and French soldiers blasted teargas to  disperse stone-throwing demonstrators in the rebel-held town of  Bouake on Monday, peacekeepers said.
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PARIS, Nov 16  - Peace must be &quot;imposed&quot; on Ivory Coast if the warring sides there refuse to abide by a ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Tuesday, hailing sanctions voted by the UN Security Council against the west African state.
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President Thabo Mbeki has urged all countries, including Ivory Coast&#39;s neighbours, to immediately enforce a United Nations arms embargo on government and rebel forces in Ivory Coast.
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At an emergency summit, the African Union has condemned the violence in Ivory Coast over the past two weeks. The AU supports the United Nations resolution to impose sanctions and an arms embargo against Ivory
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The UN says government air strikes on rebel-held territory in northern Ivory Coast is a "major violation" of a truce.