More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.

Read more:
‘Record year’ for ivory seizures

Former Ivory Coast leader faces ICC.

See the article here:
Gbagbo Charged with Murder, Rape

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrives in Ivory Coast as part of an investigation into deadly post-election violence.

Go here to see the original:
ICC chief arrives in Ivory Coast

Prosecutors in Ivory Coast have charged former President Laurent Gbagbo and his wife, under house arrest since April, with economic crimes.

Read more from the original source:
Ivory Coast charges ex-president

Arsenal sell Emmanuel Eboue to Galatasaray, with the Turkish club saying they paid £3m for the Ivory Coast utility player.

Visit link:
Galatasaray clinch Eboue signing

The son of Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo is among 12 people charged over post-election violence that killed 3,000 people.

See the rest here:
Gbagbo son charged in Ivory Coast

The son of Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo is among 12 people charged over post-election violence that killed 3,000 people.

More here:
Gbagbo son charged in Ivory Coast

Authorities in Ivory Coast say they are setting up a national commission to investigate crimes committed during recent months of violence.

Original post:
Ivorian commission to probe abuse

Amnesty International says both sides in Ivory Coast’s recent conflict committed war crimes.

Go here to see the original:
VIDEO: Ivory Coast war crimes ‘on both sides’

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.

Continued here:
VIDEO: Ouattara’s ceremony ‘to end conflict’

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.

Originally posted here:
New Ivory Coast mass graves found

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.

See the original post here:
Ivory Coast leader to take oath

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.

Visit link:
Millions in Gbagbo assets frozen

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

More here:
Gbagbo militia leader ‘arrested’

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

Read more:
Ouattara vows Ivory Coast justice