Ivorian Popular Front

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's party announced Thursday it would boycott the regional and local elections scheduled for April 21, saying the vote would not be fair.

Police fired tear gas to disperse a banned protest on Saturday by supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo, just days before the International Criminal Court is to decide whether he will go on trial for crimes against humanity.

Police fired tear gas to disperse a banned protest on Saturday in the economic capital of the Ivory Coast by supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo, an AFP reporter said.

Police in Ghana have arrested ex-Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo's right-hand man Charles Ble Goude, who has been living in exile for 18 months evading authorities, sources said Thursday.

The main opposition party in Ivory Coast on Thursday demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko after a New Year's Eve stampede that claimed 63 lives.

Armed men attacked a gendarmerie barracks in the main Ivory Coast city of Abidjan overnight, while a separate armed group attacked an army post to the north, military and UN sources said.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has met Ivory Coast's main opposition party in Dakar in a bid to mediate stalled reconciliation efforts after deadly poll violence last year, his office said Friday.

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo's wife Simone, accusing her of being his "alter ego" in orchestrating a campaign of election violence almost two years ago in which 3,000 people died.

More than 200 people have been arbitrarily detained and tortured in Ivory Coast, Amnesty International said Friday, urging President Alassane Ouattara to respect human rights.

More than 200 people have been arbitrarily detained and tortured in Ivory Coast, Amnesty International said Friday, urging President Alassane Ouattara to respect human rights.

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's party Sunday derided a report that suggested there were links between his backers in exile and Islamists in neighbouring Mali.

The first major trial opened Tuesday of soldiers loyal to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo in connection with crimes during the country's post-election crisis in 2010-2011.

Ivory Coast is putting soldiers loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo on trial Tuesday, the first major case in connection with the country's post-election crisis in 2010-2011.

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama told his Ivory Coast counterpart Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday that he would not let Ivorian exiles plot attacks on their home country from Ghanaian soil.

A top leader of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's party was jailed for six months on Friday for disturbing public order, as his supporters denounced what they said was a political verdict.

The party of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo made a call for dialogue with the government Thursday amid heightened tension between the opposition and the head of state.

Seventy-three people have been detained in Ivory Coast on charges that include violating state security following attacks on the army this month, a military prosecutor said Thursday.

The secretary general of Laurent Gbagbo's party was arrested Sunday, the third key aide of Ivory Coast's former president to be detained recently, party and security sources said.

Closed after a bloody leadership crisis that rocked Ivory Coast in 2010-2011, universities in the commercial capital Abidjan are being refurbished to restore them to temples of learning rather than combat colleges.

Opposition newspapers in Ivory Coast that once supported ousted president Laurent Gbagbo on Friday suspended publication for two days following an arson attack on a press group.