| 5,608,471 |
7.41251 |
-7.55383 |
Ivory Coast |
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Fighting broke out early Thursday in western Ivory Coast between troops loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo and former rebels who support his rival, Alassane Ouattara. Fighting took place at Zouan-Hounien, near the Liberian border, after an FDS post was attacked by former rebels of the New Forces (FN). |
| 5,608,475 |
7.41251 |
-7.55383 |
Ivory Coast |
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Fighting has erupted in western Ivory Coast between forces loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and northern rebels who have backed his rival Alassane Ouattara. |
| 5,608,479 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
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The streets of the economic capital Abidjan resonated anew with heavy weapons fire as the UN peacekeeping mission said the unrest has claimed 15 lives in the past week. |
| 5,608,483 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
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Several Malian and Nigerian shopkeepers who sold petrol, wood, and car parts in a market in Sebroko neighborhood, an area dominated by West African merchants, described how on February 24 members of the Republican Guard arrived to disperse a nearby peaceful demonstration and then opened fire on and threw grenades into their shops, provoking a huge fire that destroyed at least 35 businesses and killing two. |
| 5,722,532 |
8.3 |
-10.7 |
Sierra Leone |
|
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| 5,608,487 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
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The UN mission said that young Gbagbo supporters had damaged four UN vehicles in Abidjan Friday and Saturday/ |
| 5,608,491 |
6.81667 |
-5.28333 |
Ivory Coast |
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Unrest spreads north to the political capital Yamoussoukro; no details of casualties. |
| 5,608,495 |
7.41251 |
-7.55383 |
Ivory Coast |
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Rebels controlling northern Ivory Coast said they had seized a town in government territory after a night of clashes and were moving south; I can confirm that we are now in Zouan-Hounien, said New Forces' spokesman Ouattara Seydou. |
| 5,608,499 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
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Human Rights Watch documented the February 25 rape of nine politically active women - the day after fighting between armed forces loyal to Gbagbo and Ouattara broke out in the Abobo area of Abidjan. |
| 5,608,503 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
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On February 25, two marketplace porters were tied up, stuffed into their handcarts, and set ablaze. |
