They're threatening forced removal if the disputed leader doesn't step down today.
(Wall Street Journal) — Forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast were trying to “starve” U.N. peacekeepers into “submission” by blocking their supplies at border crossings, as the West African nation slid into a “real risk of a return to civil war,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. In an address […]
by Alexander Cain While many foreign investors see Africa as the next emerging economy filled with opportunity, the political unrest and turmoil plaguing many African nations has slowed down the continent’s growth as a world power. Although the Ivory Coast stands as an example of an emerging African country with the necessary raw materials to […]
(AP) — The two candidates in Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election took dueling oaths of office Saturday after each claimed victory, as the political crisis spiraled out of control and renewed unrest in this country once split in two by civil war. Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo defied calls from the United States, France and the […]