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Ivory Coast: MSF Teams Treating Survivors of Ongoing Attacks in Southwest

September 21, 2011 Global Author

Abidjan, Ivory Coast – September 20, 2011 – Medical teams from the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are treating survivors of ongoing violence in southwestern Ivory Coast, including those affected by last week’s attack on the town of Zriglo, where up to sixteen civilians were killed and 50 houses burned. . Read More

Ivory Coast Refugees Question Security of Returning Home

September 21, 2011 Global AuthorAU, Ghabo, Ghana, ivory coast, UN peace keepers

Refugees from this year's political crisis in Ivory Coast say it is not yet safe enough to return home. Ivory Coast's new national army and U.N. peacekeepers are increasing security along the borders after a series of attacks. . Read More

Nigeria’s president orders army to end unrest

September 13, 2011 Global Author

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the military to "take all necessary actions" to stop ethnic and religious unrest in Plateau state as more than 100 people have been killed in the past two weeks in the state in conflict between Muslims and Christians from rival ethnic groups. . Read More

Côte d’Ivoire to host 61st WHO meeting

August 24, 2011 Global Author

BLANTYRE--The sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa is to be held from 29 August to 2 September 2011 in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire, according to a statement issued by the WHO office in Lilongwe. . Read More

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Category: West Africa

Ivory Coast: MSF Teams Treating Survivors of Ongoing Attacks in Southwest

Ivory Coast Refugees Question Security of Returning Home

Nigeria’s president orders army to end unrest

Côte d’Ivoire to host 61st WHO meeting