December Events
Long Queues in Last-Minute Drive to Change Banknotes in Rebel Zone
Under the watch of UN peacekeepers and rebel soldiers, people lined up for hours on Thursday in Cote d'Ivoire's rebel capital Bouake to swap old bank-notes for new in a last-minute operation launched by the Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO).
UN Mission Provides Security As 1992 Côte d'Ivoire Currency is Exchanged for New
The exchange of 12-year-old Côte d'Ivoire currency for new began today in the rebel-held north of the West African country.
Lingering crisis still threatens regional stability
Cote d'Ivoire almost relapsed into all-out civil war during 2004, raising fears that a fresh outbreak of full-scale hostilities could undermine security and stunt economic growth in several neighbouring countries.
UN/government may extend joint street patrols
After a first smooth week patrolling the streets of Abidjan, joint security teams made up of UN peacekeepers and Ivorian government forces may be set up in other towns in the troubled West African country.
18 Reported Killed in Ethnic Clashes in Southern Cocoa Belt
Eighteen people were reported killed this week in a fresh outbreak of violence between villagers near the southern town of Gagnoa.
Civil war allows rampant illegal logging
Two years of civil war have broken down law and order across Cote d.Ivoire, allowing illegal loggers to decimate the country.s dwindling forest reserves at an alarming rate.
Ivorians fleeing war-stricken Côte d'Ivoire into Liberia
More than 6,000 civilians, approximately 70% women and children, have fled the fighting in the Ivory Coast after an eighteen-month Ivorian cease-fire was shattered last week when the Ivorian Government bombed strongholds in the rebel-held north and moved its troops into the buffer zone that separates areas controlled by the two sides.