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The different communities living in Yokorea village, some 50 km from Dala have been called upon to turn their back on useless quarreling and focus their attention on promoting peace and the development of their area. The call…

Some 500 people took part in a sensitisation and discussion caravan organised by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), with villagers in Tambi, situated 434 km northeast of Abidjan in the presence of the…

The Pakistani and Senegalese battalions of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and UN Police based in Yamoussoukro, took an active part in extinguishing a fire that broke out in the main market of the…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 4 September 2013, paid a courtesy…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 4 September 2013, had discussions with the Minister of Communication and deputy government spokesperson…

Detainees are human beings and they have rights and they must be treated with respect and dignity: this was the firm statement made by the chief of the regional human rights office of the United Nations Operations in Côte d…

"Women have been and continue to be victims of violence. It therefore seemed necessary to us to furnish the police and gendarmerie with the knowledge on how to handle this problem," the Deputy Representative of United Nations…

Fraternite Matin: Some 426 Ivorian refugees from Liberia were voluntarily repatriated on Thursday 26 August by the UN High Commission for refugees UNHCR. UNOCI Force provided security escort for the returnees. On the same day…

The people of Mahino, 580 km north-west of Abidjan, on Saturday, 31 August 2013, organised a football tournament to promote peace and reconciliation. The sports event, initiated by the youths of the village, received the…

Le Quotidien d'Abidjan: The Ivorian government says it regrets the refusal by the Ghanaian authorities to extradite the spokesman of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, Justin Katinan Kone who is wanted in Cote d'Ivoire…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire on 1 September 2013 took part in a sports and cultural event known as "Seweto Pantrokin" which means "incomparable" in the local language of the Denan and Sahibly villages in…

Some 486 Ivorian refugees living in Liberia were on Thursday, 29 August 2013, repatriated by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The Moroccan contingent of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire provided…