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On 4 April 2014, 488 officers, junior officers, and soldiers from the 14th Senegalese battalion (SENBATT) of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) based in Yamoussoukro, were decorated with the United Nations Medal by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General…

As part of its training, information-sharing and sensitisation activities in support of the Ivorian Government, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has initiated a series of training sessions on human rights for members of the armed forces based in Odienné, situated at some 850 km…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday evening, 9 April 2014, held discussions with the Ivorian Interior Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, in Abidjan. During…

A dozen members of the Ivorian parliamentary Commission on Defence and Security on Wednesday 9 April 2014 began a seminar on parliamentary oversight and security sector reform-SSR- organized by the SSR division of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, was received by the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara on Thursday, 10 April 2014, in Abidjan. Speaking at the end of the…

In a bid to consolidate peace, reinforce social cohesion and the fight against child trafficking and child labour along the border zone, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Wednesday 9 April 2014 organized a seminar which brought together local administrative and political authorities…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) regrets to announce the death of a Senegalese peacekeeper deployed in the Mission. Soldier Idrissa Badji died on Tuesday, 8 April 2014 in Abidjan, following a road traffic accident. Soldier Idrissa Badji arrived in Côte d'Ivoire on 10 November…

The Force Commander of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), General Muhammad Iqbal Asi, said farewell to the UN Mission on Wednesday, 9 April 2014, in the presence of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and head of UNOCI, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou…

The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Saturday 12 April 2014 took part in the 1st edition of the youth festival in Toulepleu, 650 km from Abidjan in the far west of the country. The festival was held under the sign of national reconciliation and reinforcement of social cohesion for a lasting…

"Your regular presence here reassures us and your numerous actions for the benefit of the population are visible. That is why we are happy to welcome you to our village today," Chief Victor Siaba of V15 village said as he received the mobile campaign team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire dubbed…

The first edition of a festival dubbed the Olympiades was held on Saturday 12 April 2014 in Tolou, Tabou division, 470 km from Abidjan to promote peace. The sporting and cultural event attracted hundreds of spectators who were treated to football matches, nautical sports competition, traditional and…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, received a delegation of the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) led by its president, Pascal Affi N…