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Saturday, April 2, 2011

800 die in Ivory Coast ethnic violence'

And the one Place on the Earth nobody is paying attention to, is way out of control.
The Ivory Coast has been in turmoil for months now, every since their elections back in December or so of last year.
Who needs Cocoa any way.

BBC
At least 800 people are reported to have been killed in the Ivory Coast city of Duekoue this week, as rival forces continue to battle for power.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff visited Duekoue and said the scale and brutality of the killings were shocking.

The city was captured by fighters supporting UN-recognised president Alassane Ouattara this week.

His forces have ringed Laurent Gbagbo's troops in the main city, Abidjan.

Mr Ouattara was internationally recognised as president after winning a run-off vote in November, but Mr Gbagbo also claimed victory and refused to leave office.

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