World & Nation
A rebel leader who has controlled northern Ivory Coast for four years took office as the country’s prime minister.
April 5, 2007
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Guillaume Soro escaped unhurt when his plane was hit by a rocket after landing in Bouake, but four people were killed, witnesses said.
June 30, 2007
The slaying of a leading rebel’s brother threatened to derail peace talks aimed at ending a 7-week-old insurgency in Ivory Coast that has killed hundreds and caused thousands to flee their homes.
Nov. 9, 2002
The leaders of a seven-week insurgency that has left hundreds dead in Ivory Coast withdrew from peace talks Saturday after a rebel leader’s brother was slain in government-held territory.
Nov. 10, 2002
Rebel leaders said they were abandoning their posts in Ivory Coast’s power-sharing government and halting disarmament amid spiraling tensions in the West African nation since the official end of civil war in July.
Sept. 24, 2003
Ivory Coast’s president signed a peace accord with the country’s main rebel leader, calling for a new government to hold elections by year’s end, and for the dismantling of a vast buffer zone separating the two sides.
March 5, 2007
Ivory Coast’s president signed a decree naming a rebel leader as the new prime minister as part of a power-sharing peace plan, a government spokesman said.
March 30, 2007
The civil war appears to be flaring anew after a 16-month truce. A military official says the government plans to reunify the country.
Nov. 5, 2004
The main rebel group in Ivory Coast will join the government and other political parties in Paris peace talks later this month, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Saturday.
Jan. 5, 2003
The warring factions, in talks in South Africa, agree to disarm at once and plan for elections.
April 7, 2005