Ivory Coast snapshot
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Rebels have been in control of the northern regions since a failed coup in 2002. Recent unrest has unraveled a 2003 cease-fire between the government and rebels.
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Two French judges investigating the disappearance in Ivory Coast of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer have wrapped up their probe in the west African country after talking to aides of President Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian legal sources said.
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YAMOUSSOUKRO: Loud explosions and gunfire rocked Ivory Coast&#39;s capital Yamoussoukro early this morning and flames could be seen rising from the presidential palace grounds where government helicopter gunships are based, witnesses said.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has taken some steps toward implementing peace agreements struck earlier with rebels who hold the northern part of the country, a spokesman for South African President Thabo Mbeki said
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Ghana meet Nigeria in Accra, then Ivory Coast face Guinea in Sekondi in the first pair of Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Staring with tears in their eyes, Ivory Coast's people emerged from their homes yesterday to survey the wreckage of five days of violent upheaval and stock up on food.
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: French troops fired into the air today to disperse protesters gathered to protect President Laurent Gbagbo, as unrest swept Ivory Coastâs main city Abidjan after weekend clashes between French and Ivorian forces.
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ABIDJAN, Nov 12  - Details of rapes and other violence began to emerge Friday after a week of unrest in Abidjan, as thousands of expatriates continued their exodus from Ivory Coast and African leaders moved to stem a crisis that could destabilize
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Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say the war in Ivory Coast is now against both rebels and France, after French forces destroyed most Ivorian military aircraft and army weapons.
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AN advance guard of British troops was in war-torn Ivory Coast yesterday planning a rescue mission. Four vehicles carrying a dozen soldiers were spotted in the capital Abidjan as up to 120 troops were put on stand-by to fly to the former French colony.
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Didier Drogba marked his 50th international cap with a goal to help Ivory Coast beat Mali 3-0 here Tuesday to finish the opening round of the African Nations Cup as Group B leaders.
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ABIDJAN  - Two Ivory Coast military aircraft carried out a second raid on Bouake, the stronghold of the former rebel New Forces (FN) in the divided west African country, a French military source told AFP.
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria on Sunday to discuss a deepening crisis in Ivory Coast, one of the region&#39;s former economic powerhouses where a
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - A rocket attack on Ivory Coast's prime minister has shaken the West African state's fledgling peace process but his rebel movement and the president vowed on Saturday to carry on reuniting the war-divided state.
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French troops killed about 20 people in Ivory Coast during unrest earlier this month, the Defense Ministry in Paris said on Tuesday, as controversy grew over the French military's handling of the crisis.
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Ghana meet Nigeria then Ivory Coast takes on Guinea in the first Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.
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ABIDJAN, Cote D&#39;Ivoire (Ivory Coast) -- France began evacuating its nationals and other Europeans from violence-torn Ivory Coast Wednesday, when an Air France Boeing-777 took off from Abidjan airport for Paris with 270 people on board, French military