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Côte d’Ivoire
Laurent Gbagbo Faces International Criminal Court
Gbagbo appeared in the court at The Hague on Monday to face charges of crimes against humanity.
Liberians Strained in Helping Ivorian Refugees
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The fighting has subsided in Ivory Coast, but Ivorians who fled across the border to Liberia still aren’t going home. As Bonnie Allen reports, it is creating a hardship for their Liberian hosts. Download MP3
Still uncertainty in Ivory Coast
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With Laurent Gbagbo under arrest, the political standoff in Ivory Coast is over, but the stability of the West African nation is still uncertain. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with William Ahouma, a 28-year-old web designer in Abidjan, the main city of Ivory Coast, who was a Gbagbo supporter and is now worried about the future. Download MP3
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo detained
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Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has been detained in Abidjan and delivered to the headquarters of his elected successor Alassane Ouattara. He reportedly surrendered to Ouattara’s forces after French tanks advanced on his residence. Anchor Marco Werman talks with the BBC’s Mark Doyle in Abidjan. Download MP3
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Washington and the Ivory Coast conflict
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Laurent Gbagbo remains holed up in the presidential palace in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjian. Gbagbo lost the November election to Alassane Ouattara but refuses to go. Marco Werman talks with William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs. Download MP3Live updates from the BBC
Ivorians trapped by two wars
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The fighting in Libya and Ivory Coast has forced many people to leave those countries. Many Ivorians have been seeking refuge in neighboring Liberia while many Libyans and foreign workers there have crossed into Tunisia. About 80 Ivorians are trapped on the Tunisian border, stranded between the country they are fleeing, and their homeland also engulfed in armed conflict. Reporter Marine Olivesi has their story. Download MP3
Gbagbo preparing to step down
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The fighting in Ivory Coast may be coming to an end, as entrenched leader Laurent Gbagbo is reportedly negotiating his own exit. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from the BBC’s John James in the main city, Abidjan.Download MP3
A voice from Ivory Coast
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Anchor Marco Werman talks to British business man Craig Hitchcock, who has decided to stay in Abidjan where he lives, in spite of the ongoing crisis in Ivory Coast. Download MP3
Battle for Abidjan
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Rival forces are poised for a showdown in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan. Fighters backing the country’s internationally-recognized president Alassane Ouattara have poured into the city in recent days. Their goal is to force the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to step aside but they will have to overcome the stiff resistance of forces loyal to Gbagbo. The BBC’s John James is in the northern city of Bouake. Download MP3
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The situation in embattled Abidjan
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Marco Werman talks to Ba Coulibay, an English teacher and translator living in Abidjan, about the conditions in his neighborhood in the embattled city. Download MP3
Ivory Coast incumbent may be losing grip on power
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Forces loyal to the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast have now entered the country’s commercial capital, Abidjan. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s John James in Ivory Coast about the latest developments there. Download MP3
The power struggle in Ivory Coast
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President Obama has outlined the case for US intervention to stop atrocities in Libya but that hasn’t translated into action in Ivory Coast, where a ruler unwilling to give up power democratically has placed the country on the verge of a civil war. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Patrick Achi, a spokesman for Alassane Ouattara (pictured), the man internationally recognized as the winner of Ivory Coast’s November election. Download MP3UNHCR slideshow: New flow of Ivorian refugees into Liberia
UN warns of Ivory Coast violence
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The United Nations is warning that escalating violence in Ivory Coast is taking a rising toll on the population there. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Hamadoun Touré, the UN’s spokesperson in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Ivory Coast political standoff continues
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The African Union is intervening in the disputed presidential election in Ivory Coast. Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to stand aside for the man the UN says won the poll. That was two months ago. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC’s John James in Abidjan. Download MP3
Still no resolution in Ivory Coast
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s John James in Abidjan about the latest developments in Ivory Coast’s ongoing post-election crisis. Download MP3
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