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In Belated Inauguration, Ivory Coast’s President Urges Unity

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Alassane Ouattara was formally inaugurated nearly six weeks after his predecessor was forcibly removed from office.

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VIDEO: Ouattara’s ceremony ‘to end conflict’

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

The new president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has been officially invested at a ceremony in the capital Yamoussoukro, six months after an election that led to a violent struggle for power.

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Ivory Coast welcomes new president

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Heads of state gathered Saturday in Ivory Coast for the inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara, a ceremony expected to mark a symbolic end to a political standoff that triggered bloody clashes.

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Inauguration for Ivory Coast head

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is set for his formal inauguration ceremony, with more than 20 heads of state due to attend.

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Ivory Coast asks for ICC probe

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara asks the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of serious human rights crimes committed during the country’s recent turmoil.

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New Ivory Coast mass graves found

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

A senior UN official in Ivory Coast tells the BBC new mass graves with the remains of more than 50 male victims have been found in an Abidjan suburb.

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Ivory Coast leader to take oath

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Alassane Ouattara is due to be sworn in as Ivory Coast’s president, as his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo is reportedly questioned for the first time over abuses.

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Millions in Gbagbo assets frozen

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Switzerland says it has frozen assets worth $80m linked to Ivory Coast’s ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, while the constitutional court ratifies his rival’s victory.

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Ivory Coast retakes Gbagbo area

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Ivory Coast’s PM Guillaume Soro describes carnage in Abidjan’s Yopougon district, as government troops take control of the last pocket of Gbagbo resistance.

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Gbagbo militia leader ‘arrested’

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Charles Ble Goude, a key ally of former Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, is under house arrest, a spokesman for President Alassane Ouattara says.

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Ouattara vows Ivory Coast justice

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

All sides in Ivory Coast’s conflict over the disputed presidency must face justice, the country’s new President Alassane Ouattara says.

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Ivory Coast president: captured strongman to face charges at national and international level

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s president said Wednesday that the country’s arrested strongman will face charges “on a national level and an international level,” as the president attempts to restore order after a bloody four-month standoff.

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Ivory Coast president: captured strongman to face charges at national and international level

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s president said Wednesday that the country’s arrested strongman will face charges “on a national level and an international level,” as the president attempts to restore order after a bloody four-month standoff.

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Weapons uncovered in Ivory Coast

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

French troops in Ivory Coast discover several large arms caches they say would have been used by former leader Laurent Gbagbo.

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Gbagbo moved out of Abidjan – UN

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been moved out of Abidjan a day after his arrest, a UN spokesman says.

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