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Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."
An Ivory Coast election official says this month's presidential vote will not occur as planned.
A long-delayed presidential election in Ivory Coast is being pushed back again.
The government and former rebels in Ivory Coast have repeatedly violated a U.N. arms embargo — and a ban on diamond exports is being flouted with help from many countries, according to a report by U.N. exports.
Argentina survived a shaky qualifying World Cup campaign to earn South America's final automatic berth for next year's tournament, and Honduras, Switzerland and Slovakia also earned spots in the 32-nation field.
Greenpeace said Thursday it has uncovered new evidence linking a major oil trading company to toxic waste that killed 15 people in Ivory Coast in 2006, and asked Dutch prosecutors to reconsider charging executives with illegal dumping.
A British court approved Wednesday the settlement of thousands of claims against oil-trading company Trafigura Beheer BV related to the dumping of toxic waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.
A Liberian teenager charged as an adult in the alleged gang rape of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Monday, as details of the boy's former life in an Ivory Coast refugee camp emerged.
The U.N. Security Council is calling for long-delayed elections in Ivory Coast to take place on Nov. 29 and warned that a postponement would undermine the 2007 peace agreement that ended the country's civil war.
FIFA fined Ivory Coast's soccer federation after 22 people died in a stampede at a World Cup qualifying match in March.
Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Guillaume Soro announced on Thursday that the long-postponed presidential election will take place Nov. 29.
The top U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast said Tuesday he sees little prospect for early elections and reunification of the war-divided West African nation.
A minute of silence will be held before international soccer matches Tuesday and Wednesday after 19 fans died in a stadium stampede in the Ivory Coast.
FIFA on Monday asked for a full report into what caused a soccer stadium tragedy that killed at least 19 people in the Ivory Coast.
Fans who survived a deadly stadium stampede in the Ivory Coast blamed police Monday for the tragedy, saying security forces provoked the panic by tear gassing people who had nowhere to run.
Starting a family might be a little easier with a trip to Ripley's Believe It or Not museum in Myrtle Beach. The museum on Thursday opens a monthlong display of its fertility statues. The 5-foot tall wooden statues were acquired on the Ivory Coast of West Africa in 1993. The company says they were then placed in its corporate headquarters in Orlando, Fla., and within months, 13 women became pregnant.
France plans to call home 15 percent of its 13,000 troops overseas, pulling forces out of Chad and Ivory Coast as part of a new doctrine of more selective foreign deployments, Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced Wednesday.
Signatories to Ivory Coast's peace deal on Monday officially postponed elections meant to secure the West African nation's fragile postwar calm.
Ivory Coast will stay under an arms embargo and sanctions on its diamond trade at least until a repeatedly delayed presidential election is held, the U.N. Security Council decided Wednesday.
An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that an American college student and her former Italian boyfriend will remain jailed while awaiting trial in the killing of the woman's British apartment mate, lawyers said.
An Ivory Coast court has ordered two men jailed for their roles in a toxic waste dumping scandal that the government claims killed at least 16 people.
A top election official in Ivory Coast said Friday that presidential vote scheduled for next month will be postponed.
Ivory Coast has beaten Serbia 4-2 to revive its chances of reaching the quarterfinal of the Olympic soccer competition.
Lionel Messi has scored in his long-awaited and nearly canceled Olympic debut, inspiring Argentina to a 2-1 victory over the Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast's president, opposition leader and key electoral officials told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that a repeatedly delayed presidential vote can take place as scheduled on Nov. 30.
Jesse Jackson: A prince of a guy Assuming his baggage clears customs, the Rev. Jesse Jackson will return to Chicago today with a golden scepter, a crown and a royal title.
Cocoa cultivation rising in southern statesKochi: Robust trend in bean prices triggered by a global shortage of cocoa has prompted some southern states to spread the cultivation to more area.
WFP may ground Africa flights due to lack of funds - Yahoo! NewsThe World Food Programme will be cutting flights, unless they can get donations to continue them. They had already cut some, but had got an infusion of cash to start up again in certain locations.
Ancient West African Megacities"Centuries BEFORE the coming of Islam and before the days of the Songhay, Mali and Ghana Empires (and thus before Timbuktu was built), there were some massive cities in the Niger Delta region which rivalled those of Mesopotamia.
At least 19 dead in Ivory Coast tragedyAt least 19 supporters have died after a wall collapsed before Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifier against Malawi.
Getting caught short in AbidjanTo be caught short in downtown Abidjan, where there are few public toilets, is no problem for most male residents of this sophisticated Ivorian city.
20 years jail given in Ivory Coast pollution caseAn Ivory Coast court handed down jail terms of 20 years and five years to two people for the dumping of toxic waste from a cargo ship in Abidjan in 2006, which killed 17 people and poisoned thousands.
Spanish surgeons create a penis using skin taken from a patient's forearmSurgeons at the Sant Pau Hospital in Cataluña have reconstructed the penis of a 26 year old man who had his member cut off during the armed conflict in the Ivory Coast. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin
The Five Whammies of Food, the Ultimate Weapon (of the Ruling Elite)[Robert] McNamara's thinly veiled genocidal utterances took place over thirty years ago, echoing the wealthy and the privileged's fear of the 'great unwashed' when 'over-population' was the buzzword...
Bands of young men carry stick and rocks. The rebels set up burning tires for roadblocks. Mobs loot warehouses, stores and government offices. Gunfire rings out through upscale neighborhoods and slums alike.
COTE D'IVOIRE-GHANA: Efforts too small to curb child labour on cocoa farmsDespite an international outcry in 2000 over child exploitation on West African cocoa farms, and ambitious efforts by governments since then to regulate the industry, very little has changed for an estimated 284,000 child labourers, according to campaign groups.
Ivory Coast's 'big-bottom' crazeA national dance craze in Ivory Coast has spawned a black market in treatments claiming to increase one's bottom size. The dance in question has been inspired by DJ Mix and DJ Eloh's hit song Bobaraba, which means "big bottom" in the local Djoula language.
Ivorians sort five years of postPostal workers in the northern half of Ivory Coast are struggling to deliver a five-year backlog after post offices reopened as part of the peace deal.
Chocolate-love, with a dose of fair trade activism Valentines Day -- aka chocolate day -- is coming up. And while I'm all about yummy chocolates, I'm peeved that a lot of the choco in the US could still be tainted by illegal child labor.
Name: Didier Drogba Age: 29 Position: Centre-Forward Club: Chelsea Team: Ivory Coast
Egypt detains African migrants trying to cross into IsraelEgyptian border police detained six migrants from the Ivory Coast trying to cross illegally into Israel on Friday, security sources said. Egyptian police have opened fire at many of the migrants, killing at least two Africans this year.
Meredith suspect: I will hand myself in The fourth suspect in the killing of British student Meredith Kercher has said he will turn himself into police.
Gambia U-17 Clinch Gold in AbidjanSainey Touray Wins Golden Boot The Gambia U-17 team has proved all predictions wrong by clinch the Ivorian four-nation Football tournament, staged by the Ivorian Football Federation to mark the 47th Anniversary of nationhood.
Conflict Chocolate/Picked by children/Funding for WarNow another West African conflict is being funded by yet another commodity beloved in the West: chocolate.
Best Feet Forward: Soccer Match Creditted With Diplomatic Victory In Ivory CoastFor nearly five years, Ivory Coast had been divided in two: rebel-held North, government-loyal South. But on a tour of the country in March, Drogba stunned his fellow Ivorians by proposing that the Madagascar game be played in Bouaké, the capital of the rebellion.
Four killed as missile strikes aircraft carrying Ivory Coast PM Guillaume SoroThe Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast, Guillaume Soro, has escaped uninjured after a missile struck his aircraft upon landing at Bouaké Airport, Ivory Coast, killing four others, according to eyewitnesses.
Chocoholics may be funding war in Africa British chocoholics may have unwittingly helped fund an African conflict, with an estimated $120m (£60m) from the cocoa trade being siphoned off into war chests in Ivory Coast, according to a report released today.
Ivory Coast: Women and girls forgotten victims of conflict"Amnesty International said that many women and girls are the victims of gang rape or are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by fighters. Rape is often accompanied by beatings and torture -- often committed in public and in front of family members.
Child Labor: The Hidden Ingredient to the Billion-Dollar Chocolate Industry?Along with flowers and jewelry, Valentine's Day is the holiday of chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel-filled chocolate, chocolate hearts, chocolate kisses.
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