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Showdown for Ivory Coast rivals
In an escalation of fierce clashes in Ivory Coast, forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara have attacked the home of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.
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Ivory Coast: Ouattara forces deny ‘mass killing’ claims
As Alassane Ouattara’s opposition forces seize Ivory Coast’s capital city, Channel 4 News learns of unverified reports of mass killings close to where his troops are surrounding 10,000 refugees.
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Ivory Coast: Cocoa and child soldiers fuel warring factions
The army backing the disputed Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo calls on youths to enlist to help fight in the battle against his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
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Ivory Coast: ‘Genocide in the making’ says UN ambassador
Forces loyal to the disputed Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo gun down at least six unarmed women protesters as the country’s UN ambassador warns of “genocide in the making”
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Thousands flee Ivory Coast violence
Ongoing violence in the Ivory Coast, following the disputed election at the end of last year, has seen 20,000 flee across the border to Liberia. Jane Deith hears their stories of violence and abuse.
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Ivory Coast: grounds for optimism, says Kenya’s PM
Kenyan premier Raila Odinga tells Channel 4 News a peaceful conclusion to Ivory Coast’s political crisis is still possible, despite the breakdown of talks on Monday.
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Ivory Coast on brink of humanitarian crisis
As the UN warns that violence in the aftermath of the Ivory Coast’s disputed election could reignite civil war, a charity tells Channel 4 News about the impending “serious humanitarian situation”.
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Zambia Cup of Nations win ‘written in the sky’
Nineteen years after a plane crash all but wiped out the national football team, Zambia celebrates an historic victory over Ivory Coast to win African football’s biggest prize.
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Ouattara: Financial questions and ‘the bleeding of Africa’
President Alassane Ouattara’s history in the government of Ivory Coast is marked by financial questions and “the bleeding of Africa”, a leading Ivorian academic tells Channel 4 News.
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Saudis form Islamic alliance to combat terrorism
Saudi Arabia is leading an alliance of Muslim countries to combat Islamic State and other terrorist organisations.
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300 more dead, has Europe failed Lampedusa migrants?
More than 300 people are feared dead after attempting to reach Italy from Libya on four separate rubber dinghies, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) say.
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France’s troubled history of anti-semitic prejudice
After the murders of four Jews in a supermarket in Paris, thousands of police officers are being deployed to protect Jewish schools. It is not the first time French Jews have been on their guard.
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Mohamed bin Hammam accused of ‘buying World Cup’ for Qatar
The chairman of the FA, Greg Dyke, tells Channel 4 News the contest for the 2022 World Cup should be re-examined if there is evidence of corruption.
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Is Venezuela burning while world watches Ukraine?
As the violence in Ukraine threatens to take the country to the brink of civil war, on the other side of the world unrest in Venezuela threatens to do the same.
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Archbishop of Westminster among new cardinals
Pope Francis has created his first batch of cardinals, naming 19 men from around the world who will lead the Roman Catholic church.