Ivory Coast

The secretary of state’s third trip of the year is seen as a frantic attempt to counter China’s and Russia’s inroads on the continent.

Food companies have been importing cocoa to the U.S. harvested by child laborers in African farms. Can they be sued for human rights violations?

Gunfire erupted outside the headquarters of state television in Burkina Faso on Sunday as an opposition politician tried to announce she was in control of the West African country, days after the longtime president was forced out.

Burkina Faso’s former president fled to neighboring Ivory Coast with his family after violent protests drove him from power after 27 years in office, Ivory Coast said Saturday, as a largely unknown military colonel said he had taken the helm.

President Alassane Outtara of Ivory Coast tries to keep an unruly military force under control and maintain power in his Cabinet, which he dissolved and reformed last month. Money and a heart for reconciliation will be needed to avoid a new crisis.

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo had lost the election by all independent accounts to Alassane Ouattara, but was refusing to leave office.

Violence resulting from the Ivory Coast’s prolonged post-election crisis claimed the lives of at least 25 people on Thursday, United Nations officials said today.

Evacuating families and the growing number of casualties punctuate the atmosphere in post-election Ivory Coast. Supporters for the two presidents, former President Laurent Gbago and President elect Alassane Ouattara are now at the point of civil war.

The president of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, is banning exportation of cocoa beans for a month, beginning on Monday. The president hopes to cut the revenue to the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down following the elections in November.

African presidents are offering Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo amnesty if he peacefully hands over power to his successor.

Over 14,000 people fled the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) to eastern Liberia on Saturday after a political deadlock led to violence.

The World Bank announced on Wednesday it is suspending loans to the Ivory Coast following the political deadlock in the country.

The United Nations Security Council decided Monday to extend its mission of 9,000 troops.

More than 50 people were killed and hundreds were injured in violent clashes in the Ivory Coast following a political deadlock, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Sunday.