Sud: A code of conduct and ethics for the Armed Forces has been endorsed and a permanent ethics committee created to revise the criteria for promotions in the army, reinforce the legal protection and guarantee the rights of soldiers.



Soir Info: Some 1000 ex-combatants will be integrated as agents in the waters and forestry services in the coming weeks. This was announced by the director of the national Authority for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration ADDR, Fidele Sarassoro in the presence of European and UN diplomats who had come to assess the level of DDR in Cote d'Ivoire.



Le Jour Plus: The Alliance for Change, representing victims of the post electoral crisis, is to organise a demonstration today at the Ministry of Justice to protest against the decision by the International Criminal Court to adjourn the confirmation of charges against former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo "under the pretext of insufficient evidence from the prosecution." Pro-Gbagbo activists were expected to infiltrate the demonstration.



Fraternite Matin: The interim Secretary-General of the former ruling FPI party, Sylvain Miaka Oureto has flown to the Hague to meet Mr. Gbagbo who has been in detention there since 30 November 2011 for talks the paper believes will centre on the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire.



L'Inter, LG Infos, Le Quotidien d'Abidjan, Notre Voie: One week after the arrest of FPI youth leader Justin Koua, his interim successor, Nestor Dahi was banned from holding a meeting last Saturday in Akoupe. The FPI youth wing has been touring and mobilising its supporters with messages of hope that Mr. Gbagbo will be released and " will soon be among his people."



Le Nouveau Reveil: Eleven opposition parties, under the umbrella of the Permanent Framework for Dialogue, are scheduled to resume talks with government on 24 June in a bid to normalise the political situation.



Connectionivoirienne.net/Xinhua: Ivorian authorities have conducted military exercises aimed at reinforcing maritime security and surveillance in order to meet the challenges of piracy in the high seas. The Joint Franco-Ivorian maneouvres were aimed at increasing the operational capacity of the Ivorian forces.