<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast First Lady Leads  Death Squad, Report Alleges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45644-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45644-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 28 -- A confidential U.N. report says that Ivory Coast's first lady, Simone Gbagbo, has directed a death squad responsible for killing rivals of her husband's government, U.N. diplomats familiar with the report said Friday.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Insistent Appeal for Aid To Africa]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18104-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18104-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  J   an Egeland , the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, had a dual purpose for his visit to Washington this week. He told U.S. officials that American relief and food assistance has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Congo. But he also said there was a global trend of declining support for humanitarian efforts around the world.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivorians Deliver a Wake-Up Call To White House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63916-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63916-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Their chant is a complicated cry in a country where protests are common, but even more common is an ignorance of far-away tiny countries -- tiny countries that believe American power can help.]]></description><author> DeNeen L. Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions Continue to Run High in Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60915-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60915-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ivorians embrace anti-French sentiment and struggle to complete their country's breakaway from its colonial master.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Imposes Arms Embargo on Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52294-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52294-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Security Council unanimously adopted a French-sponsored resolution Monday to immediately ban arms  exports to Ivory Coast in an effort to prevent the country from descending into anarchy.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreigners Pour Out of Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48190-2004Nov13.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48190-2004Nov13.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 13 -- Frightened foreigners, many of them longtime residents of this country, piled into buses, boats and planes Saturday as a French-run evacuation widened, despite government promises to protect foreigners from a surge of violence.]]></description><author> Pauline Bax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast Violence Shatters French Ties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46478-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46478-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The pattern of selective destruction was evident Friday after two days of relative calm, with targets apparently singled out because they were identified with France, Ivory Coast's former colonial ruler.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Blamed in Ivorian Unrest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44055-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44055-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 11 -- President Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday challenged French accounts of a bombardment that killed nine French troops and a U.S. aid worker Saturday. Gbagbo accused France of using the incident as a pretext to launch a drastic counterattack to weaken his grip on power.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westerners Are Evacuated From Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38922-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38922-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Nov. 11 -- The French government began airlifting hundreds of its citizens to Paris on Wednesday as violent mobs continued roaming the streets of this city, long regarded as among the most peaceful and prosperous in Africa.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 Killed After Shots Fired at Post in Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38036-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38036-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Security forces opened fire Tuesday as thousands of angry government loyalists massed outside a French evacuation post for foreigners. Seven people were reported killed and 200 wounded in the incident as violence continued to pit France against its former prize colony.]]></description><author> Parfait Kouassi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[President's Loyalists Rally in Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33472-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33472-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thousands of government loyalists on Monday responded to a call by state media to form a "human shield" around the home of Ivory Coast's president, facing off against French armored vehicles as fears grew that the government would be overthrown.]]></description><author> Parfait Kouassi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[French Unleash Force Against Ivory Coast Chaos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31795-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31795-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The French military used overwhelming force Sunday to put down an explosion of anti-French violence in its former West African colony, deploying troops, armored vehicles and helicopter gunships against machete-waving mobs that went from house to house hunting for foreigners.]]></description><author> Parfait Kouassi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troubled Embassy Takes Form]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27436-2004May14.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid 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Ivory Coast, according to U.S. and U.N. officials.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yankees Come Here]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43041-2003Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43041-2003Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While citizens of many countries are distressed, angry even over President Bush's drive to topple Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Ivorians are unfurling American flags instead of burning them. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- By Emily Wax</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Now, Ivory Coast's Northern Rebels Enjoy Goodwill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2732-2003Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2732-2003Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lounging on rickety plastic chairs, the sweaty rebels with their fabulous hairstyles -- curvy cobras shaved into close-cropped hair -- swat away the mosquitoes, surf the Internet and let out a series of yawns.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast's Rebels Attack French Troops]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63209-2003Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63209-2003Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Swarms of rebels attacked French troops and villages in western Ivory Coast, causing hundreds of terrified residents to flee.]]></description><author> Clar Ni Chonghaile</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of Business in Ivory Coast]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44800-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44800-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GRAND-BASSAM, Ivory Coast -- Stacks of glittery blue, orange and burgundy kente cloth fill Charles Bezou's roadside shack. He used to earn more than $100 for one of his hand-woven bedspreads, often purchased by French women who lunched at the airy bistros of this beachfront community.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivorians Confront An Identity Crisis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37847-2003Feb20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37847-2003Feb20.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pledging Peace, Creating Chaos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14176-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14176-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/cotedivoire/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 9:10:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Crouched in the steamy noon heat, the fish women sell their meaty snapper out of yellow buckets and whisper about how it all went down. Sitting on puffy armchairs deep inside their high-rise offices, the diplomats recount the same chain of events in the same hushed voices.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item></channel></rss>