United Nations demands halt to Ivory Coast killings

UN officials accuse Gbagbo’s forces of harassing peacekeepers on the ground By Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, December 24, 2010 – Powered by –> Dave Clark Agence France Presse ABIDJAN: The UN condemned Thursday the killing of 173 people in “atrocities” triggered by Ivory Coast’s political crisis and accused Laurent Gbagbo’s forces of harassing its peacekeepers. UN officials in Abidjan said Gbagbo’s security forces, shielded by civilian protesters and backed by unidentified masked gunmen, had prevented human-rights monitors from probing reports of at least two new mass graves. They said gangs of gunmen carry out murderous overnight raids on civilians living…

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United Nations demands halt to Ivory Coast killings

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