http://africa.oneworld.net/article/country/384/ en_GB Cote D'Ivoire http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81189 Despite a ban by the UN and other efforts by the international community to stop the sale of conflict diamonds, porous West African borders have allowed the diamonds to reach major markets, according to recent reports. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153381/1/ On this year's International Day of Peace the majority of news streams in from Africa, and it is not all bad. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78792 Civil war in Ivory Coast has been financed partly by cocoa, according to a new report that urges consumers and chocolate companies to help end the financing of conflict. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77694 A deal to name a key rebel leader to a power-sharing government could help end a dangerous political stalemate that has divided Cote d'Ivoire since 2002. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77523 The "horrifying extent" of sexual violence against women and girls in the Ivory Coast conflict is exposed in a new report today. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77383 Recent United Nations Security Council Resolutions have put Côte d’Ivoire on track for elections late next year and extended the UN peacekeeping mission, but have provided little help in improving everyday life for millions of children and youth. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76939 Since 2002, hundreds of thousands of Ivoirians have been forced from their homes by civil conflict. The future of these internally displaced persons is complicated by the same nationality and voting rights issues that prolong the conflict itself. http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/139162/1/ Il bilancio delle vittime dell'inquinamento da rifiuti tossici ad Abidjan, la capitale della Costa d'Avorio, si aggrava ancora: fonti del ministero della Sanità parlano oggi di sei morti e novemila intossicati. I rifiuti chimici erano stati scaricati nella notte tra il 19 e il 20 agosto da una nave battente bandiera panamense e trasportati illegalmente nelle discariche della città. Nella capitale ivoriana una vera e propria emergenza sanitaria con migliaia di ricoveri al giorno per disturbi pol http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72734 Pro-government militias in Cote d'Ivoire will no longer take part in a much-delayed disarmament program as scheduled. The program is viewed as key to holding presidential elections later this year. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72392 Government forces in Ivory Coast, their allied militias and rebels are all committing serious abuses against civilians, says a new report that warns of serious concerns about violence in the run-up to the October elections. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/130757/1/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 11 (OneWorld) - Investors concerned about illegal child labor on West African plantations are demanding that Hershey Co. spill the beans on where the candy maker gets its cocoa. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71059 Low cocoa prices have meant severe poverty and even child slavery for many families in West Africa, says a faith-based social justice group offering fair trade alternatives in their Webstore. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70709 Just two weeks ago, Cote d'Ivoire's government announced that students would now proceed where they left off over two years ago--with final exams. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70331 The Security Council has authorized the transfer of U.N. troops from Liberia to Cote d’Ivoire in the wake of anti-U.N. violence. 200 soldiers from the Nigerian contingent will be transferred to the Cote d’Ivoire mission until March 31 and individual sanctions against members of the Young Patriots movement are expected on Tuesday, a move many fear will incite more violence. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70159 About 400 UN staff members in Ivory Coast have been evacuated to Gambia and Senegal in the wake of attacks on the UN offices.