Africa - Voice of America: UN: Disarmament a Priority for Ivory Coast Peace

Africa - Voice of America africa

UN: Disarmament a Priority for Ivory Coast Peace Jun 12th 2012, 11:42 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - It has been one year since political violence formally ended in Ivory Coast, but at least 60,000 ex-combatants are still armed. The United Nations says it was a failure to disarm fighters from the 2002 -2003 civil war which helped fuel last year's conflict and the country cannot afford to make the same mistake again.  Chief of the U.N.'s DDR operation (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration) in Ivory Coast, Sophie Da Camara, says taking a weapon away ... Media files: 40932E7B-CCC2-4BCA-90AE-6CB41F0A04CF_cx0_cy47_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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