New Year fireworks stampede in Ivory Coast leave 60 dead
Posted by: prabirghose
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2013-03-03 13:20:03 -0800 | humanitarian-news
New Year fireworks celebrations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, left at least 60 dead and hundreds others injured – it was the second such celebration in two years. President Alassane Ouattara termed it as a 'real tragedy' on New Year day...
7 UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast
Posted by: prabirghose
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-07-27 13:27:30 -0700 | humanitarian-news
It seems 7 UN Peacekeepers of Niger were killed in an ambush in west Ivory Coast when they were patrolling the area between two villages – this is considered to be a violation of International Law. This has been reported...
The human cost of chocolate
Posted by: rabia AFZAL
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-04-16 11:55:43 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Can we believe that the chocolates we eat are produced by human cruelty? approximately 100,000 children working in the fields, to create the chocolate delicacies for the world , and many of them are doing work by force and against...
UN Peacekeepers gave food for sex!
Posted by: SofiaAmbrosia
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-07-27 23:43:47 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Wikileaks has exposed that United Nations peacekeeping troops of various nationalities and on several posts have been trading food for sexual favors from locals, usually underage girls. The allegations of sexual misconduct were made against UN troops posted in areas...
Death squads are killing people in Abidjan
Posted by: RobertTilford01
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-11-02 18:58:33 -0700 | humanitarian-news
COTE D'IVOIRE - Is a small country in west Africa, violence is happening on a unprecidented scale not seen for many years. Just a few months ago we had a President, his name was Laurent Gbagbo. He was ruling when...
Child slavery in the chocolate industry
Posted by: Gino C. Matibag
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-11-02 18:54:38 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Many people love chocolates. I, for one, am a huge fan of it but a documentary film that I watched last night made me think that there are many injustices behind my favorite dessert. The four-part YouTube video titled The...
UN workers find nearly 70 bodies in a series of graves near Ivory Coast's biggest city
Posted by: Surya Gaire
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-07-25 16:37:28 -0700 | humanitarian-news
A new mass grave containing 70 bodies has been found near Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The bodies were discovered by Human rights investigators working with the United Nations. The victims were killed in the consequences of a political stand-off that...
Mass Graves Found In Ivory Coast
Posted by: Mohammad Shabbir Murtaza
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-04-13 12:13:58 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Mr. Guillaume Ngefa the human rights chief of UN in Ivory Coast has disclosed that mass graves have been found in the suburb of Abidjan. He also disclosed that these graves contained remains of about 50 male victims. According to...
Mass grave of 29 persons found in Ivory Coast
Posted by: prabirghose
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-07-27 19:37:47 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Once a football field, the site in Yopougon in Ivory Coast has now been converted to an open-air cemetery – 29 bodies have been discovered in the mass grave. The UN human rights office in Geneva has said that their...
Red Cross in Ivory Coast
Posted by: Rodolfo Buccico
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-07-27 19:40:32 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Following conflict in the country, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ivorian Red Cross are distributing food and other basic necessities, and helping displaced people obtain water and maintain proper hygiene. In the west of the...
Ivory Coast ICRC News Release No. 11/95 20 April 2011
Posted by: RobertWeller991
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-10-30 18:02:24 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Côte d'Ivoire: enhanced medical care for conflict victims Geneva/Abidjan (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire are stepping up their support for medical facilities in the country and are...
Muslims Massacre Christians
Posted by: acts2and38
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-11-02 18:47:23 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Some Muslims in Africa's Ivory Coast are perpetrating a massacre on Christians while the Obama administration stands by and does nothing. People interviewed by Human Rights Watch described how, in village after village, forces summarily executed and raped Christians in...
Pakistan Soldiers Rescued Turkish Ambassador in Ivory Coast
Posted by: waleed ather
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2011-12-05 17:16:07 -0800 | humanitarian-news
Pakistan Army troops rescued Turkish Ambassador at Ivory Coast Mr Yekcin Kaga Erensoi alongwith three other staff members, Mr Golant, Mr Mahmut (third Secretary) and Mr Ali Ahisk at Ivory Coast (Abijan) on 11 April 2011. Turkish Ambassador was trapped...
French, UN Forces Join Fight Against Incumbent Ivory Coast President
Posted by: akhter128
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-03-03 10:31:17 -0800 | humanitarian-news
French troops and United Nations peacekeepers are joining the fight against Ivory Coast's incumbent president as forces backing the country's internationally recognized leader launch another attack for control of the commercial capital, Abidjan. United Nations and French helicopters in Abidjan...
Ivory Coast conflict yields 800 dead
Posted by: happykk
Abidjan :: Ivory Coast | updated 2012-11-02 18:45:00 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The four-month conflict in the Ivory Coast between self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo and forces loyal to UN-recognized Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara reportedly resulted in a massacre of 800 people. United Nations declares the death toll at 330, but the...
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