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60 killed in Ivory Coast New Year’s Eve stampede
At least 60 people died and dozens were injured in Abidjan as crowds stampeded overnight during celebratory New Year’s fireworks, Ivory Coast rescue workers said Tuesday. The head of military rescue workers, Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako, told public television that “60 people” died and 200 were injured based on a…
Domestic violence is west Africa’s biggest threat: report
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday. The IRC report, Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in West Africa, based on data collected…
Human rights’ group warns of crime wave in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN — Ivory Coast should take urgent steps to disarm former rebels involved in rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouake, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. Since early December, at least 22 people have been murdered in the area during attacks on passengers travelling on…
Four dead in southern Ivory Coast clashes
ABIDJAN — Four people were killed and 15 were injured in inter-ethnic clashes on Monday near the Ivory Coast economic capital Abidjan, a defence ministry spokesman said Monday. The clashes pitting indigenous Abidji against ethnic Malinke hailing from the north and rebels-turned-government forces claimed the lives of two soldiers and…
Group G Possibilities
The current table: Brazil 6 pts +3 goal difference Portugal 4 pts +7 goal difference Ivory Coast 1 pt -2 goal difference North Korea 0 pt -8 goal difference The possibilities: North Korea win North Korea/Ivory Coast draw Ivory Coast win Brazil win Brazil 9 Portugal 4 North Korea…
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