United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food, according to a United States Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been placed under house arrest, said President Alassane Ouattara’s Government.

Gbagbo, who claimed victory in the November presidential run-off and ref

United Nations and French helicopters in Ivory Coast fired rockets on strongman Laurent Gbagbo's residence on Sunday in retaliation to attacks by his forces on the U.N. headquarters and civilians in r

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's forces, backed by French and UN troops, captured his besieged rival Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan on Monday at the climax of a deadly months-long crisis.

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United Nations and French forces prepared to attack Ivory Coast's presidential palace Tuesday after launching full assaults on the residence of the entrenched leader, the republican guard, two major m

Soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo asked for a ceasefire today, in the face of an offensive to unseat him by internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara.

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The streets of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan were deserted Sunday while fighting abated near bastions of strongman Laurent Gbagbo after a four-day assault by rival forces, residents and journ

A tense stand-off between Ivory Coast's two presidents led to heavy fighting in Abidjan, as the International Red Cross announced that at least 800 people had been massacred in the west earlier in the

A UN convoy in Ivory Coast was on Tuesday attacked in Abidjan by a large crowd, with one peacekeeper suffering a machete wound and a vehicle set alight, the United Nations said.