Ivory Coast News News Ivory Coast » Security: Gunmen attack elite security unit in Ivory Coast, steal weapons
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Gunmen, some of them in uniform, attacked the base of an elite security unit in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, killing an officer, stealing weapons and then fighting security ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Ivory Coast arrests 237 protesters amid rising tensions before presidential election
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — At least 237 people were arrested Saturday in Ivory Coast during a protest against what activists called the country’s authoritarian drift, according to a statement by the ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Donors seek urgent Ivory Coast security reform: source
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Major donors to Ivory Coast are in talks with President Alassane Ouattara to urge him to draft a plan for badly needed reforms to his security forces, and turn an undisciplined mix ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Ivory Coast boosts border defence due to ‘unusual flow’ of Malian refugees
Ivory Coast has reinforced its border security after the arrival of “several unusual flows of refugees” from neighbouring Mali, officials in the West African country have said. Ivory Coast’s National ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Ivory Coast
Country awaits final presidential election result that could see 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara sworn in for fourth term. Tensions are mounting over President Ouattara’s decision to run for a fourth ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Ivory Coast reels from extremist attack, boosts security | News | winknews.com
GRAND-BASSAM, Ivory Coast (AP) – Before the shooting started, an armed man stood quietly at the entrance to a beachfront restaurant, holding a Kalashnikov rifle and coolly surveying the crowd.
News Ivory Coast » Security: Security concerns in Ivory Coast
London-based Control Risks Group, the leading security consultancy, has today warned of heightened a security concerns in Ivory Coast, and recommends that international companies be prepared to ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Government reinforces border security after Mali attacks
"The two armed forces are uniting their efforts all along the border in order to put an end to the terrorists' schemes," Diaran Koné, Mali's defence ministry spokesman, told Reuters. "I don't want to ...
News Ivory Coast » Security: Ivory Coast Fires Security Heads in Bid to Curb Cocoa Smuggling
Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa grower, dismissed two military officials and other local government personnel amid continuing efforts to curb smuggling of the crop. Security operations ...