5,609,687 |
8.037 |
-2.8 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Protests against an Indian-owned manganese mine demonstrated against destructive mining practices by forming a barricade against the passage of mining workers. The rioters threw rocks and assaulted the workers, killing three, before police intervened. |
5,609,692 |
5.66916 |
-4.57027 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Pirates seized a Panamanian vessel as it was preparing to deposit 5,000 tons of jet fuel cargo at theIvory Coastport of Abidjan. None of the 16 Nigerian crew members, who were locked up in a dining room while the hijackers looted the boat, were injured. |
5,609,695 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Ble Goude, a former youth minister under Gbagbo, was arrested after being discovered in Ghana and extradited to Ivory Coast. Goude faces charges of war crimes, murder and theft of public funds. The FPI demanded Goude's immediate release. Goude was charged with war crimes on Jan. 21. |
5,609,699 |
6.57139 |
-8.00528 |
Ivory Coast |
|
At least one died in a land conflict between two unidentified communal groups inhabiting the classified forest of Blolquin. Three were wounded. Xinhua later reported three dead. |
5,609,702 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Summit of the CEDEAO on Mali took place in Adidjan between West African leaders, who pledge to contribute around 3,000 troops to the operation in Mali. |
5,609,706 |
6.81667 |
-5.28333 |
Ivory Coast |
|
At least three were wounded in a land conflict between two unidentified communal groups. |
5,609,709 |
5.66916 |
-4.57027 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Pirates released Nigerian crew members that they had held for six days aboard a vessel they seized and looted on Jan. 16. |
5,609,713 |
5.3901 |
-3.9822 |
Ivory Coast |
|
A military troup pursuing a recalcitrant soldier who siphoned a large sum of money from his former base clashed with the military post housing the soldier in Angre. Gunfire errupted but none were reported injured or killed. |
5,609,717 |
6.81667 |
-5.28333 |
Ivory Coast |
|
Armed men robbed two Senegalese boutique owners in Yamoussoukro, killing one. |
5,609,720 |
5.34111 |
-4.02809 |
Ivory Coast |
|
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDDS) met in an emergency session in Abidjan to appraise the status of the on-going deployment of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA). The meeting considers the accelerated deployment of AFISMA. |