Ivory Coast insurgents

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, and major chocolate companies from Mars, to Hershey, to Barry Callebaut, pledged last year to eliminate ... The country was split for a decade between a rebel-held north and government-controlled south, with the forest regions in the west home to several ...

Douma and the sprawling eastern Ghouta region near the capital, Damascus, had been under rebel control since 2012 and was a thorn in the side of President Bashar Assad's government for years. The government's capture of Douma, the last town held by the rebels in eastern Ghouta, marks a major ...

Militants disguised as UN peacekeepers exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets at the French and United Nations bases in Mali's ... to end violence in northern Mali by Islamists, who have also staged assaults on high-profile targets in the capital, Bamako, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.

A 2015 peace deal signed by Mali's government and separatist groups has failed to end violence in northern Mali by Islamists, who have also staged assaults on high-profile targets in the capital, Bamako, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. French forces intervened in 2013 to drive back Islamist fighters who ...

Dozens reported killed in suspected chemical attack on rebel bastion in Syria; Trump warns of 'big price to pay' ... The United States and eight other countries – France, Britain, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Kuwait, Peru and Ivory Coast – called for the United Nations Security Council to meet Monday to discuss the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron say they will coordinate "a strong, joint response" to a reported chemical attack in Syria's rebel-held city of Douma that has sparked international outrage. During a phone call on April 8, the two leaders condemned the "horrific" attack and ...

Dozens reported killed in suspected chemical attack on rebel bastion in Syria; Trump warns of 'big price to pay' ... Poland, the Netherlands, Kuwait, Peru and Ivory Coast — called for the United Nations Security Council to meet Monday to discuss the reports of another chemical weapons attack in Syria.

The meeting was called by the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Kuwait, Peru and the Ivory Coast. It will be ... The Russian military says that fighting in the rebel-held city of Douma has halted and a convoy of buses has moved in to evacuate the rebels and their families. Maj.

The United States and eight other countries — France, Britain, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Kuwait, Peru and Ivory Coast — called for the United ... The Syrian government and its Russian allies, however, dismissed the accusations as rebel fabrications intended to win international support in the face ...

Ivory Coast's ruling coalition secured an overwhelming victory on Saturday in the country's first senatorial elections, which were boycotted by the ... Several army mutinies have broken out in the past two years, instigated by former rebels who have been integrated only haphazardly into military ranks.

The double assault highlighted the growing risk from militants in the Sahel five years after the French intervention. France is pinning hopes on the ... since the French intervention in 2013. They have expanded into central Mali, which they have used as a launchpad to hit Burkina Faso, Niger and Ivory Coast.

During the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the murderous insurgents staged several attacks both against public and private institutions, in several ... one loss after another until the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, boldly declared on national television that the militants had been “technically ...

Burkina Faso's President Mark Roch said his country would fight and defeat militants despite being hit by Islamist insurgents in the capital last week in an attack which 8 people were ... They have expanded into central Mali, which they have used as a launchpad to hit Burkina Faso, Niger and Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast was in the midst of a civil war, which had begun in 2002. Ivory Coast was essentially split in two, with rebel Muslim groups occupying the North and a group loyal to the ruling Christian government holding the South. After qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Didier Drogba, at the time the captain of ...

NOUAKCHOTT: A Malian militant group with links to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two French soldiers in the West African country ... In October, militants killed four US troops just over the border in Niger, sparking a debate about America's combat role in the vast and unpoliced ...

With the skyscrapers and heavy traffic in the business quarter Plateau of the economic capital Abidjan, Ivory Coast seems to be moving forward. According to ... Last year, the former rebel soldiers, who supported Ouattarra during the crisis, staged an army mutiny and managed to negotiate a higher salary.

Armed with AK-47s, the rebels sneaked into Liberia on Christmas Eve in 1989 to overthrow the country's President Samuel Doe. As the ensuing civil war escalated, ultimately killing 400,000 people, the world's attention turned to rebel leader Charles Taylor, and Libya, which had trained his men. But the ...

... failed to stop violence in northern Mali by Islamist militants, who assaulted high-profile targets in the capital, Bamako, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. ... Chad, Mali and Mauritania - backed by France, also launched a new task force last year to tackle Islamist militants in West Africa's arid Sahel region.

Soro has been a thorn in Ouattara's side for some time because of his influence over the armed forces, which are made up of a significant number of former Forces Nouvelles rebels. In a country that witnessed a long-running political-military crisis between 2002 and 2011, these could be positive moves for ...

Malian militant group Jama Nusrat Ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for twin attacks that rocked Burkina Faso's capital, ... Up to 20 militants were "killed or captured" in that particular operation, French military sources told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. On Friday, 16 ...

West Africa's arid Sahel region is suffering a spike in violence by militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, that is drawing an increasingly ... Previous attacks were conducted by allies of al Qaeda in reprisal for Burkina Faso's participation in a regional fight against Islamist militants.