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By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the West African nation`s post-election violence in 2011, a military official and witness said. Some 3,000 people were killed in the brief armed conflict that broke out after incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refused to acknowledge defeat at the hands of his rival Alassane Ouattara in a run-off poll in late 2010. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 19:01 |
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Officials in Ivory Coast say the military has detained a militia leader accused of grave crimes during the country`s 2010-11 postelection violence whose forces had been illegally occupying a national park.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:59 |
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