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Young men who were only recently shooting at each other are now doing push-ups side by side in a boot camp. But in Ivory Coast's far west, armed fighters still attack and steal from the population, almost 700,000 of whom are too afraid to return home.
The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast says more than 1,000 people were killed in the country's west in the political crisis sparked by the strongman's refusal to leave office.
A renegade warlord who began the battle to wrest Ivory Coast's commercial capital from soldiers who fired rockets and mortars on a poor neighborhood said Sunday that a lack of military coordination cost too many lives, infrastructure damage and unnecessary looting.
Souleymane Sissouma became the third imam slain this month in an attack so brutal his family members went into hiding, too afraid even to attend his funeral.
Ivory Coast's incumbent leader who is clinging to power seized four major international banks Friday that had closed their operations earlier this week, attempting to pay civil servants amid a deepening liquidity crisis.
A fire broke out at Ivory Coast's economic ministry building in the capital destroying untold numbers of financial records as international sanctions on incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to give up power, are beginning to take hold.
Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo filed a lawsuit Monday against the West African regional bloc for recognizing his rival as the winner of the country's recent presidential election.
African leaders returned to Ivory Coast on Monday in their second visit in a week as they stepped up pressure on the country's renegade president to cede power more than a month after the election or face a military ouster.
Fears of renewed fighting grew Monday in Ivory Coast following a threat from West African neighbors to force out incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo if he does not soon heed international calls to step down from power.
Allies of the man who the international community says won Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election vowed to begin a general strike Monday that would last until the incumbent hanging on to power concedes defeat and leaves office.
Fears of a regional military intervention grew Monday in Ivory Coast following a threat from West African neighbors to force out incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo if he does not soon heed international calls to step down from power.
Ivory Coast state television leaves no doubt who's in control of the media: Laurent Gbagbo was shown taking the oath of office with no mention that the United Nations says he lost the presidential election and should step down.
The outcome of Ivory Coast's first presidential election in a decade remained in serious doubt Friday, with the constitutional council saying it would release its own results after the electoral commission declared the opposition leader the winner.
South African runner Caster Semenya remains defiant as she awaits a decision on her gender verification tests and athletics future.
Eight-month-old Aminata Sanogo weighed little more than a newborn as her mother took the severely malnourished baby to the hospital, traveling past marketplaces piled high with mangos and avocados. By the time they arrived, it was too late.
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