Ivory Coast
London hearing in Ivory Coast toxic dumping lawsuit
By Barry Mason, May 22, 2009
After thousands of people became ill in the West African country of Ivory Coast following the dumping of toxic waste, one of the companies alleged to be involved is indicted in a British court.
Oil-linked inflation destabilizes Africa, Middle East
By Alex Lantier, March 5, 2008
Writing in 1845 in The German Ideology, the young Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels noted, “It is certainly an empirical fact that separate individuals have, with the broadening of their activity i...
Toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast
By Barry Mason, October 24, 2006
In September eight people died and over 80,000 had to seek medical treatment for symptoms including vomiting, nosebleeds and breathing difficulties in Abidjan, the main city of the West African countr...
Ivory Coast: protests erupt vs. French military strikes
By Ann Talbot, November 9, 2004
France has destroyed the entire air force of Ivory Coast, its former West African colony, during clashes at the weekend. The death toll is as yet unknown.
Ivory Coast: Two years of French and United Nations occupation
By Chris Talbot, August 14, 2004
Given the growing number of calls for a military intervention in Sudan—whether by Western troops, a United Nations force or the African Union (AU)—it is important to examine the recent his...
Instability threatens Guinea after presidential election
By Trevor Johnson, February 6, 2004
There are growing concerns that Guinea in West Africa could fall prey to the same instability as Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire).
Police murder French journalist in Ivory Coast
By John Farmer, October 29, 2003
The West African country Ivory Coast was taken nearer to the resumption of civil war when on October 21 Radio France International’s (RFI’s) veteran African correspondent, Jean Helene, was...
America blocks UN operation in Ivory Coast conflict
By Chris Talbot, May 9, 2003
As fighting flared up in the western region of Ivory Coast America has blocked the setting up of a United Nations humanitarian and military mission to the country.
UN and US back French intervention in Ivory Coast
By Chris Talbot, February 12, 2003
France has received international backing for its intervention in its former colony, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) where a civil war has been raging for five months. The United Nations Security C...
France goes on the offensive in Ivory Coast
By John Farmer, January 7, 2003
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin concluded his visit to the former French colony of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) at the weekend, following two days of talks with the government and ...
France deploys 1,700 troops in Ivory Coast
By Chris Talbot, December 17, 2002
France is sending a further 500 crack troops into Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), in addition to the 1,200 already present. Made up of Foreign Legionnaires, paratroopers and marines, the occupying...
US and French troops help force Côte D’Ivoire cease-fire
By Chris Talbot, October 5, 2002
Anti-government forces met Thursday with Côte D’Ivoire/Ivory Coast officials to agree a cease-fire after weeks of fighting that began on September 19.
