Article: Conflicts Shape Bush Africa Trip; Liberia Is One of Top Problem Spots.

Article: Sankoh, former warlord of Sierra Leone, ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 1, 2003 ;     260 words ... ... Foday Sankoh, 66, the warlord from Sierra Leone who made mutilations his signature weapon ... natural causes in a hospital in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, where he had been ... prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, said in a statement. The court said ...

Article: Ivory Coast, Nigeria confronted deep challenges; ...
AP Worldstream;  December 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... determine their future: Ivory Coast struggled with a once ... Africa in 2003. In Ivory Coast, West Africa's economic ... Congo, Angola and Sierra Leone moved toward peace after ... hunger. Late in 2002, Ivory Coast was pulling in mercenaries ...

Article: W. Africans Add Troops In Freetown; Rebels Occupy Section Of ...
The Washington Post;  January 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... foreign ministers of Ivory Coast and Togo flew to Guinea, Sierra Leone's neighbor, for talks ... military intervention in Sierra Leone. Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Amara ... in the long-running Sierra Leone conflict. In 1996 ...

Article: Ivory Coast: Why West Africa's economic powerhouse ...
AP Worldstream;  November 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... cross-border unrest. As Ivory Coast appeared poised on the brink ... Liberia-backed insurgency in Sierra Leone. The next year, U.S ... stomping grounds _ Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast itself, divided by civil war ...

Article: Ivory Coast Army Recruits Liberians
AP Online;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... armies. The fighting in western Ivory Coast coincided with increased rebel ... People fleeing towns in the Ivory Coast's fertile west told of being ... national language in Liberia and Sierra Leone, while Ivory Coast is a French- speaking country ...

Article: Ivory Coast's Violence Threatens Africa
AP Online;  November 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... border for fear of unrest. As Ivory Coast plunges into unrest, its neighbors ... Liberia-backed insurgency in Sierra Leone. The next year, American, U ... grounds _ Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast itself, divided by civil war since ...

Article: Some Liberians in Ivory Coast Army
AP Online;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... armies. The fighting in western Ivory Coast coincided with increased rebel ... People fleeing towns in the Ivory Coast's fertile west told of being ... national language in Liberia and Sierra Leone, while Ivory Coast is a French- speaking country ...