Reply #76: Ivory Coast: U.N. evacuates staff after attacks [View All]

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Source: Reuters



ABIDJAN | Sun Apr 3, 2011 11:29am EDT


ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast (UNOCI) said Sunday that it had relocated some of its non-essential staff to the northern city of Bouake after a number of them came under attack.

"We have made a temporary relocation of some of our staff to Bouake. It is a small part of the staff, mostly non-essential personnel," Hamadoun Toure, UNOCI spokesman told Reuters.

"Our patrols and headquarters were targeted by attacks, but we continue to work," he said.

Toure declined to give number of those evacuated.

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