Ivorians lift 'siege' on UN base - Democratic Underground

muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Jan-20-06 12:16 PM
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Ivorians lift 'siege' on UN base

The main Ivory Coast city, Abidjan, has returned to normal after four days of violent anti-UN protests.

Roadblocks have been removed, buses and taxis have returned to the streets and there are no longer hundreds of youths massed outside the main UN base.

The protests ended after appeals by close allies of President Laurent Gbagbo and a threat of sanctions by the UN Security Council.

Pro-Gbagbo groups were angry at a call by UN mediators to dissolve parliament.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4630796.stm

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