GenevaLunch » Cote d’Ivoire http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Kimberly Process co-founder Global Witness cites failurehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/kimberly-process-co-founder-global-witness-cites-failure/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/kimberly-process-co-founder-global-witness-cites-failure/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:27:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64442 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Global Witness, an NGO (non-governmental organization) that was a key founding member of the Kimberly Process to end violence linked to the diamond trade, says it is pulling out. “‘Nearly nine years after the Kimberley Process was launched, the sad truth is that most consumers still cannot be sure where their diamonds [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/kimberly-process-co-founder-global-witness-cites-failure/feed/ 0 Int’l Geneva closes busy week: Syria debate, domestic workers, new buildinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/intl-geneva-closes-busy-week-syria-debate-domestic-workers-new-building/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/intl-geneva-closes-busy-week-syria-debate-domestic-workers-new-building/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:15:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58906 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “International Geneva”, as the city likes to profile itself when talking about the UN and other international organizations, has had a more than usually busy week. Highlights: Wednesday 15 June: The UN Human Rights Commission looked at allegations of human rights abuses in Cote d’Ivoire and the current situation there, with a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/intl-geneva-closes-busy-week-syria-debate-domestic-workers-new-building/feed/ 3 UNHCR, ICRC get new US funds for Cote d’Ivoire aidhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/unhcr-icrc-get-new-us-funds-for-cote-divoire-aid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/unhcr-icrc-get-new-us-funds-for-cote-divoire-aid/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 12:52:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57352 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two Geneva-based humanitarian aid groups, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Red Cross (ICRC) are to receive $8 million in new funding from the US government for operations in Cote d’Ivoire, the US Mission in Geneva announced Friday 6 May. The money brings to $43m the total the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/unhcr-icrc-get-new-us-funds-for-cote-divoire-aid/feed/ 0 Gbagbo arrested in Cote d’Ivoire France confirmshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/gbagbo-arrested-in-cote-divoire-france-confirms/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/gbagbo-arrested-in-cote-divoire-france-confirms/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:42:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56421 GenevaLunch.com The French Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire Jean-Marc Simon has confirmed that Laurent Gbagbo was arrested Monday 11 April and moved from his residence in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to the Golf Hotel that serves as the headquarters of his rival for the presidency, Alassane Ouattara. Details are still sketchy, Monday afternoon, but France denies it took [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/11/gbagbo-arrested-in-cote-divoire-france-confirms/feed/ 0 Gbagbo now encircled by UN-backed troops says Francehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/gbagbo-now-encircled-by-un-backed-troops-says-france/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/gbagbo-now-encircled-by-un-backed-troops-says-france/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:07:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56323 GenevaLunch.com Situation in Cote d’Ivoire continues to deteriorate as Gbagbo refuses to go, fighting continues A week of fighting in Cote d’Ivoire has resulted in former president Laurent Gbagbo continuing to sit in the presidential palace, but he and his troops are now reported by the French government to be encircled by United Nations-backed troops, which [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/gbagbo-now-encircled-by-un-backed-troops-says-france/feed/ 0 Cote d’Ivoire: battle continues, Japanese diplomats rescued (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/07/cote-divoire-battle-continues-japanese-diplomats-rescued-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/07/cote-divoire-battle-continues-japanese-diplomats-rescued-update/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:27:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56214 GenevaLunch.com Cocoa industry betting on half million tons not rotting The Japanese ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire and seven embassy employees took refuge in a safe room after the diplomatic base was attacked by forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan, reports Reuters. They were rescued by helicopter after French and United Nations forces stepped in, at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/07/cote-divoire-battle-continues-japanese-diplomats-rescued-update/feed/ 0 Abidjan, the last battle (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/abidjan-the-last-battle-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/abidjan-the-last-battle-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:06:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56164 GenevaLunch.com ©2011 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/abidjan-the-last-battle-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Cote d’Ivoire tense as Gbagbo negotiates surrenderhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/cote-divoire-tense-as-gbagbo-negotiates-surrender/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/cote-divoire-tense-as-gbagbo-negotiates-surrender/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:45:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56161 GenevaLunch.com The United Nations special envoy to Cote d’Ivoire, YJ Choi,  says that Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to surrender and that reports about attacks on the presidential palace in Cote d’Ivoire are not true. Choi says, “All the generals who are fighting for Gbagbo have deserted him, it is over. There is no army, there is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/05/cote-divoire-tense-as-gbagbo-negotiates-surrender/feed/ 0 RFI reports French have taken over Abidjan airporthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/04/rfi-reports-french-have-taken-over-abidjan-airport/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/04/rfi-reports-french-have-taken-over-abidjan-airport/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:10:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56047 GenevaLunch.com French control of Cote d’Ivoire city’s airport said to ensure safety of foreigners Radio France International reports early 4 April that French troops have taken control of the international airport in Abidjan, as fierce fighting for the city continues. The French have also reportedly increased their peacekeeping mission force from 300 to 1,400 and are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/04/rfi-reports-french-have-taken-over-abidjan-airport/feed/ 0 Cote d’Ivoire conflict heats up, thousands on the runhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/cote-divoire-conflict-heats-up-thousands-on-the-run/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/cote-divoire-conflict-heats-up-thousands-on-the-run/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:19:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55858 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva-based refugee and migration officials say the conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, which has been building for weeks, has suddenly heated up and some 20,000 people have been sealed off by fighting in the west. “A major military offensive launched in Western Cote d’Ivoire by forces loyal to president-elect Alassane Ouattara has [...]

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