An asylum Applicant from Cote D'Ivoire participated in a propaganda campaign where members of his group would dress as members of the oposition party and engage in the the burning of passenger buses and cars, threwing stones, and harrassing merchants.
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UN Security Council Imposes Travel Ban on Coup Leaders from Guinea-Bissau
The United Nations Security Council has imposed a travel ban against five military officers who seized power from the civilian government in Guinea-Bissau last month, and urged Member States to ensure that the sanctioned individuals do not enter or transit through…
Security Council Extends Sanctions on Côte d’Ivoire
The United Nations Security Council yesterday renewed for another year the set of sanctions imposed on Côte d’Ivoire, while adjusting the arms embargo in light of the need for weapons and ammunition to train and equip the country’s security forces. In…
ICC will Expand Investigations into War Crims in Côte d’Ivoire
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that it will expand the scope of its investigation into possible war crimes in Côte d’Ivoire, currently limited to the period after contested presidential elections in late 2010, to as far back as…
Human Rights Abuses in Côte d’Ivoire
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire today voiced deep concern about reports of numerous human rights violations by members of the country’s armed forces. Members of the armed forces, known as FRCI, are accused of carrying out rapes, acts…
Former President of Côte d’Ivoire Before International Criminal Court
A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has set June 18, 2012 as the starting date on a hearing to determine whether there are sufficient grounds to confirm charges against Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Côte d’Ivoire,…
Ban Ki-Moon Speaks at New York Law School
UN Security Council Resolution 1975 on Côte d’Ivoire
With the post-electoral deadlock in Côte d’Ivoire now entering its fifth month and the crisis showing no signs of abating, the Security Council today demanded an immediate end to the violence against civilians and decided to impose targeted sanctions against…
Attacks in Côte d’Ivoire
United Nations officials today intensified their condemnation of an attack yesterday by forces allied to Côte d’Ivoire’s defeated president on a market that killed 25 to 30 people and wounded dozens more, with the Organization’s human rights office warning that…
UN Apologizes to Belarus
The United Nations publicly apologized to Belarus this week for an inaccurate report from its mission in Côte d’Ivoire that Belarus had supplied attack helicopters to former President Laurent Gbagbo in violation of an arms embargo on the strife-torn West…