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French in Abidjan to be assembled immediately, says Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, visit the Rio Tinto-Alcan international aluminum plant, Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Issoire, central France. Rio Tinto-Alcan is Canada-based worldwide industry which is operating in bauxite and aluminum production.

m&c: Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday decided the entire French community of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast needs to assemble 'in order to ensure their...

Ivory Coast: French forces take over Abidjan airport

French troops drive past in a armored car in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, March 31, 2011.

BBC News: French troops have taken over the airport in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, the AFP news agency reports. France is also sending an extra 300 soldiers to Ivory Coast,...

Battle for Abidjan rages, 'carnage in west'

Unidentified troops drive past in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, April 1, 2011.

Al Jazeera: The fierce standoff between fighters loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president of Cote d'Ivoire, and Alassane Ouattara, the country''s internationally recognised...

Ivory Coast: Ouattara forces surround Gbagbo in Abidjan

Supporters of Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara protest in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.

BBC News: Forces loyal to the UN-backed president of Ivory Coat, Alassane Ouattara, are pressing on the main city of Abidjan from several directions. Their offensive threatens to...

UN Disarmament Operation Continues Near Abidjan2012-02-02

All Africa: [UN News] A United Nations voluntary...

Côte d'Ivoire: UN disarmament operation continues near Abidjan2012-02-02

United Nations: UN voluntary disarmament operation underway in Abobo, Côte d'Ivoire. Photo: UNOCI/Macline Hien1 February 2012 A United Nations voluntary disarmament operation began today in a suburb north of the Ivorian city of Abidjan, aiming to collect illegal weapons...

Eleven poll results annulled in Abidjan2012-01-31

Independent online (SA): Abidjan - Ivory Coast's top court on Tuesday annulled the election of 11 lawmakers from President Alassane Ouattara's party in a December vote after complaints that they breached campaign laws. But the head of the Constitutional Council, Francis Wodie,...

Nation Opts for Abidjan for CAN 2012 Preparations2011-12-15

All Africa: The Syli Nationale of...

Abidjan Clean-Up - Solution Creates More Problems2011-12-09

All Africa: Late August this year the...

Embassy of the United States Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - National Daily Press Review2011-12-06

All Africa: This daily press review is...

Gbago's Transfer to the ICC - Reactions in Abidjan2011-12-02

All Africa: The news that former Ivorian president, Laurent...

In pictures: Abidjan's photo flash mob2011-11-29

BBC News: Photographers from across Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan met for the country’s first ever photographic flash mob at the weekend, with a rendez-vous coordinated through social media. The event gives impetus to a growing band of young Ivorian photographers...

Gbagbo allies freed in Abidjan2011-11-09

Independent online (SA): Abidjan - Ivory Coast's government has freed on bail a handful of allies of jailed former president Laurent Gbagbo as part of a deal to see his camp take part in a parliamentary poll, but his main FPI party is still set to boycott the vote. Gbagbo and dozens...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Crossing a line - killings and fear in Abidjan2011-10-26

IRINnews: Photo: UN photoIvoirians say they fear what the country is coming to, as "inexplicable human slaughter" continuesABIDJAN, 8 March 2011 (IRIN) - As reports by Human Rights Watch and formal documentation from the UN Human Rights Commission decry the worsening...