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The top U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast said Tuesday he sees little prospect for early elections and reunification of the war-divided West African nation.
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France plans to call home 15 percent of its 13,000 troops overseas, pulling forces out of Chad and Ivory Coast as part of a new doctrine of more selective foreign...
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France plans to withdraw some 1,900 of its troops from the African nations of Chad and Ivory Coast.
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AP, Ouagadougou
Signatories to Ivory Coast’s peace deal are officially postponing elections meant to secure the West African nation’s fragile postwar calm.
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AP, Perugia
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A top election official in Ivory Coast said Friday that presidential vote scheduled for next month will be postponed.
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AP, Shanghai
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