January Events
Ivorian rebels will not disarm until demands met
Ivory Coast's rebels will not lay down their weapons until President Laurent Gbagbo meets their demands for a fully functioning power-sharing government, rebel leader Guillaume Soro said in an interview.
France confirms Ivory Coast air force cannot be repaired
France said Wednesday it had not allowed Ivory Coast military aircraft put out of action by French peacekeeping forces to be repaired to flying condition.
UNICEF seeks urgent funding for .forgotten emergencies. in West and Central Africa
UNICEF today launched an appeal for $763 million to help millions of children struggling to survive conflicts and other emergencies in countries around the world, saying that the recent tsunami donor response had shown that people care deeply about children in desperate situations. The appeal include $17.2 million for Cote d'Ivoire.
Ivorian opposition calls on United Nations to organize elections
Ivorian opposition leader Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday called on the United Nations to organise general elections scheduled for October in the divided west African country.
Chronology of the unrest in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast marks the second anniversary Monday of a peace pact brokered by former colonial power France to end a civil war spawned by an army mutiny against President Laurent Gbagbo.
Car Thief Kills Bystander in Shootout With UN Peacekeepers
A thief who was trying to seize a UN vehicle in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, shot and killed a bystander during a confrontation with UN peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Monday.
UN Agencies Concerned About Big Funding Shortfall
United Nations agencies in Cote d'Ivoire are worried that funding for emergency humanitarian programmes for 2005 will arrive late or perhaps not at all as donors shift their attention to the tsunami disaster in Asia.
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