General Abdul
Hafiz looks back with pride at his record as Head of UNOCI's force

Abidjan.net –
General Hafiz said on Tuesday in Abidjan that his term as Force Commander of the
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was successful. (...) We are
almost at the end of this crisis", noted the Force Commander who said he was
returning to his country, Bangladesh, after a one-year mission that he described
as a "total success". (Source:
UNOCI)

 

Côte d'Ivoire –
Alain Juppé: « The United Nations and the African Union should take on their
responsibility »

Afreekelection.com –
Speaking at a press conference, Alain Juppé, the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, on Wednesday, called on "the United Nations and the African Union" to
take on their "responsibility" in the Ivorian crisis, considering that France
"cannot do everything everywhere". "We cannot do everything everywhere. There is
in Africa an organization named the African Union. There is in Abidjan a force
known as UNOCI, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. France is not
responsible for going on the ground", he said regarding the management of
affairs by France in the Libyan crisis which is much different from its
commitment in Côte d'Ivoire. He therefore called on the different international
actors involved in the resolution of the post-electoral conflict in Côte
d'Ivoire to "take their responsibility". (...)

 

Cote d'Ivoire:
pro-Ouattara activists' demonstration against UN's "passivity"

Abidjan.net –
Hundreds activists of Alassane Ouattara, the Ivorian President acknowledged by
the international community, on Wednesday demonstrated in Bouaké (centre) to
protest against the United Nations' "passivity", said a correspondent of the
AFP. (...)

 

Liberia: The
government and HCR are worried about the return of Liberian mercenaries from
Côte d'Ivoire

Abidjan.net –
The return of Liberian mercenaries from Côte d'Ivoire to their country could
start a new war in Liberia, said the Liberian Minister of the Interior, on
Wednesday. (...) The chief of the UN mission in Liberia (MINUL), Margaret Loj,
also said she was worried. "I do not know how many they are, she said, I have
never met them before, if they are still in Côte d'Ivoire, this is a concern".
"What is most worrying is the fact that the disarmament was not done before the
elections in Côte d'Ivoire. I am afraid that arms may come back to Liberia", she
said.

 

Resolution of
Ivorian crisis – ECOWAS relies on the United Nations

L'Inter  –
(...) On Wednesday 23 March 2011, while we were expecting clear decisions by the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which held its ordinary
summit and addressed among other issues, the Ivorian crisis, it simply decided
to rely on the United Nations (UN). "I think we can adopt a resolution to ask
the UN to take serious decisions regarding the Ivorian crisis", said Nigerian
President Goodluck Jonathan, the current Chairman of the ECOWAS, speaking at the
opening ceremony for the summit in Abuja, the Nigerian federal capital.

(...)

 

Post-electoral
crisis –Is Angola abandoning Laurent Gbagbo?

L'Inter  – (...)
One could believe it, with regard to an official statement by the Angolan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Chikoty, on the "Télévisao Publica de
Angola", the public television of Angola, on Tuesday 22 March 2011.  He said his
government aligns itself with the African Union's decision which acknowledged on
Thursday 10 March the victory of Ouattara in the presidential election held on
28 November 2010. (...)

 

Alleged rebels
assaulted in Aboudé-Mandeké (Agboville)

Agence
Ivoirienne de Presse (AIP) –
Some thirty Malian, Nigerien, Mauritanian and Burkinabé travellers, suspected of
being "rebels" were assaulted on Monday by young people in Aboudé-Mandeké
(Agboville), said the gendarmerie to the AIP. (...) They were beaten and robbed,
said the driver of the bus, Tomassi Mamadou (...).

 

Deadly madness
in Adjamé – seven persons killed in "Washington" neighbourhood

Soir Info  – (...)
Armed individuals raided the neighborhood and created death and desolation. The
event occurred on Friday 18 March 2011 by night. (...)

 

Abobo-Sagbé and
Pharmacy La me – Military shells result in 4 deaths and serious wounded

Soir Info  (...)
Once again shells have been launched over some neighbourhoods, resulting in 4
deaths and serious injuries. According to information given by some residents,
the population was having a peaceful night like the daytime. (...) Late in the
night a shell was launched over the surrounding area of pharmacy "La Me" (...)
resulting in two people being seriously injured. Then another shell was launched
over the Sagbé neighbourhood. There, the heavy arm resulted in 4 deaths and two
seriously injured.
(...)

 

Armed clashes –
The Abobo - Adjamé University destroyed/a military camp set up inside

Soir Info  – (...)
The scene is very sad. There are just ashes in the offices, no paper, everything
has been burnt. The premises were attacked with heavy arms. (...) We find on the
premises soldiers of the first battalion, the armoured battalion. They say that
"the rebels attacked and targeted the administrative office with shells".

(...)

 

Monetary crisis
in Côte d'Ivoire; False banknotes are circulating

L'Inter  (...)
False banknotes are circulating in Côte d'Ivoire, according to diplomatic
sources.
(...)

 

* 9 pro-RHDP
newspapers suspended their publication on 24 March 2011 for 72 hours.

These are the newspapers: Le
Nouveau Réveil, Le Patriote, Le Jour plus, Le Mandat, L'Intelligent d'Abidjan,
Le Démocrate, L'Expression, Nord-Sud Quotidien and Le Repère.