December 01, 2004
AfricaPundit's Regional Briefing: 2004-12-01
Winds of Change.NET Regional Briefings run on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, and sometimes Fridays too. This Regional Briefing focuses on Africa, courtesy of AfricaPundit.
TOP TOPICS
- A woman vice president for Zimbabwe. Unfortunately this doesn’t signal a change in government policies.
- In a big step forward for African culture, MTV has announced that it is launching a new channel in subsaharan Africa.
- Ambiguous Adventure pieces together a roundup of African media reaction to the US presidential election.
Other Topics Today Include: France’s Ivoirian quagmire; Sudan mini-update; Nigerian news; AIDS in Africa; the Swahilisphere and other East African news.
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November 08, 2004
France Begins Limited Evacuation; I.C. Calls For Human Shields
The French government has begun a limited evacuation of the Ivory Coast,according to CNN. In addition:
Hundreds of demonstrators faced off with French troops in Abidjan on Monday after state radio urged protesters to form a “human shield” to protect the house of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.Gbagbo, leader of the world’s biggest cocoa producer, appealed for an end to the anti-French violence which erupted after France destroyed most of the country’s air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
That via ABC.
November 06, 2004
French Shoot Down Ivory Coast Warplanes
This from the ABC/AP:
French peacekeepers shot down two Ivory Coast warplanes and a military helicopter Saturday after the aircraft bombed a French position, killing a French soldier, a U.N. military spokesman said.The clash the biggest confrontation ever between militaries of Ivory Coast and its former colonial ruler happened at the town of Brobo, near Bouake in Ivory Coast’s rebel-held north, U.N. military spokesman Philippe Moreux said.