Post-election
crisis: 15 collaborators of Gbagbo are going to the MACA; an arrest warrant
against Blé Goudé and Katinan issued soon

L'Inter  –
(...) After having released 17 collaborators of the former head of state a few
days ago, the new regime has just charged 15 others presently under house arrest
in Hotel Pergola in Zone 4. They will be transferred to the Arrest and
Correction Centre of Abidjan (MACA) in a few weeks. According to Jeune Afrique's
website, the Public Prosecutor formally told the 15 persons that they have been
charged and informed them of the charges. There are at least 18 charges
including: blood crimes, economic crimes, violation of the State's security,
participation in armed groups, and misappropriation of public funds. (...) Jeune
Afrique's website also said that an international arrest warrant will be issued
soon against escaped persons like Charles Blé Goudé, the leader of the Young
Patriots and Koné Katinan, the ex-Minister of the budget in the Aké N'Gbo
government and now the spokesperson of the former head of state, Laurent Gbagbo.

(...)

17th summit of
the African Union/Jean Ping from Malabo: "The AU wants to reaffirm its
determination to accompany Côte d'Ivoire"

L'Intelligent
d'Abidjan  –
As a prelude to the meeting of the 17^th ordinary session of the
Summit of the heads of state and governments that will be held from 30 June to 1^st
July 2011 in Malabo, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Sunday 26 June 2011
took part in the 19^th ordinary session of the African Union's
Executive Council. It was in the presence of Jean Ping, the President of the AU
Commission and the Equatoguinean Premier, Ignacio Tang (...). The Chairman of the
AU Commission, Jean Ping, reaffirmed the African institution's desire to
accompany the programme of the President of the Republic, Alassane Ouattara (...)
"The Commission wants to reaffirm its determination to accompany this country
(...) in order to play its role of driving force in the sub-region" Jean Ping
said. (...)

Crimes against
humanity: Fatou Bensouda (CPI) in Abidjan today

Le Patriote  –
(...) A delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) led by its deputy
prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, will visit Côte d'Ivoire from 27 June to 4 July
2011. The objective of this high-level delegation of the ICC is to assess the
situation with regard to human rights violations in Côte d'Ivoire since the
post-electoral crisis. It is also to know if the launch of investigations into
war crimes and crimes against humanity was feasible.
(...)

Security
situation in Duekoué/Binjamin Effoli (Prefect of Duekoué): "300 armed persons
are in the listed forest of the Mont Péko"

Le Nouveau
Réveil  –
(...) The Prefect of Duekoué, Benjamin Effoli, assessed the security situation in
his district on Saturday 25 June 2011. It was on the occasion of a visit by a
delegation of the National Programme of Community Reintegration and
Rehabilitation (PNRRC) that came to sensitize the administrative and military
authorities on the identification of the elements of the Forces Républicaines in
the hinterland. The Prefect mentioned the presence of dozos (Editor's note:
traditional hunters" and of armed elements in the listed forest of the Mont
Peko. (...) I got the information that in the listed forest of Mont Peko, it seems
that there are 300 armed persons; some persons who have been in the area since
the war started. All these persons should be under surveillance. It is a real
danger if the problem is not definitively resolved", he added.
(...)

Gbaka and
wôrô-wôrô stations/War arms are circulating; all about their origin

Soir Info  –
An indescribable disorder exists in the urban transport system. And this is due
to the associations and other organizations composed of young people, also known
as the "gnambros", present in every station of the Abidjan city. They use
machetes to impose their authority. The list of deaths is increasing every day.
In Yopougon, people who are doing everything to establish peace in this milieu
are worried. And in addition to the machetes, war weapons are now used by the
chiefs of the associations to enforce their authority. According to the leaders
of the Well-being of the employees and auxiliaries in the Ivorian transport
companies, (BEAT-CI) during the post-electoral crisis, many members of
association took up arms to join the
Forces
Républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI)
as volunteers (...) "those arms are now circulating in our midst. And certain
"gnambros" do not hesitate to use them to impose their authority" they said. (...)

Visit of the
French Minister of Defence in Côte d'Ivoire

Le Patriote  –
(...) After President Sarkozy, Mr. Gerard Longuet, the French Minister of Defence
will visit Côte d'Ivoire from Sunday 26 June to Tuesday 28 June 2011. The Prime
Minister, the Minister of the Defence, Mr. Guillaume Kigbafori Soro informs
Ivorians that the visit of Mr. Gerard Longuet is to materialize the desire of
France to accompany the Ivorian government in its efforts for reconciliation and
reconstruction after the serious post-electoral crisis in our country. The
French Minister of the Defence will give his support to the French troops in
Côte d'Ivoire and reassure the French citizens who he will invite to also
accompany Ivorians in the way for development.

Abidjan, 26 June
2011

The Minister of
the Defence

The spokesperson

Captain Alla
Kouakou Léon