By Joe Bavier Abidjan 28 October 2006 More than two months after hundreds of thousands of liters of toxic waste were dumped in Ivory Coast's main city, a massive cleanup operation is nearing completion. Waste removal experts work to remove hazardous...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 October 2006 Nearly four years into international mediation aimed at reuniting war-divided Ivory Coast, the U.N. Security Council is preparing to pass a new resolution creating another transitional period. Despite the effort...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 September 2006 Ivory Coast's national assembly has opened public hearings into the dumping of several hundred tons of toxic waste in the country's main city last month. Two main figures implicated in the scandal have refused...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 14 September 2006 The government has resigned. Top officials have been arrested. And around 16,000 people have sought treatment for symptoms believed linked to the illegal dumping of hundreds of tons of toxic waste in Ivory Coa...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2006 United Nations disaster-management experts have gone to Ivory Coast to help with the investigation of a toxic waste dumping incident that has left at least six people dead and thousands ill. ----- A man point...
By Paula Wolfson White House 27 August 2006 President Bush travels Monday to America's Gulf Coast as the region marks the passage of one year since Hurricane Katrina hit landfall. The president plans to visit with storm survivors and inspect reconst...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 18 August 2006 After lying in a morgue for nearly four years, former Ivorian president, Robert Guei, is to be buried Friday. Even after his death, Robert Guei continues to generate controversy. -------- Robert Guei (1999 file p...
By Franz Wild Guiglo 04 August 2006 Western Ivory Coast militia who fought alongside government troops in the country's 2002 civil war have been handing in their weapons for over a week now. But many combatants feel they have been excluded from the...
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 May 2006 View Bush comments on Iraq allegations (Real Video) President Bush says he is troubled by allegations U.S. Marines killed unarmed Iraqi civilians last year in the city of Haditha. Mr. Bush says if laws were b...
By Parke Brewer Hamburg 10 June 2006 Four of the five African nations that qualified for the World Cup in Germany are making their first-ever appearance at football's premiere event. One of them is Ivory Coast and VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer caug...