Anti-French violence grips Ivory Coast

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Anti-French violence grips Ivory Coast


Tuesday 08 June 2004, 5:21 Makka Time, 2:21 GMT


An overnight attack on a military post in central Ivory Coast has unleashed a wave of anti-French violence in the main city Abidjan.


The Ivorian army retaliated almost immediately on Monday with an airstrike into the rebel-held northern enclave of the west African country.

The latest escalation in tensions came as President Laurent Gbagbo was in the US on a week-long private visit.

20 month conflict

It was a failed coup bid against Gbagbo in September 2002 - by rebels who retain control of the north - that sent Ivory Coast tumbling into conflict....>>

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