Tuesday, April 5, 2011

France reinforces its presence in Ivory Coast by sending more troops

France has sent Monday to 150 troops to Ivory Coast to protect its citizens in the capital, Abidjan, as announced in Paris on the Army. Gallic troops of the mission 'Licorne' are in coordination with the UN mission in the country [UNOCI] and yesterday took the capital airport in the midst of civil war between 'presidents' who suffers the African country.

By sending 150 soldiers and a recent 300, the mission 'Licorne' has a total of 1,650 men in Côte d'Ivoire. However, the outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo has said that such concern is unnecessary by the gala, because their soldiers are ready to "insure the safety of French citizens living in Ivory Coast", as reported on state television RTI controlled by Gbagbo, the loser of the last election and not willing to hand over power.

Despite these reassuring words, allegedly, by late Monday afternoon, several people, including two French nationals, were kidnapped by "armed men" in the Hotel Novotel Abidjan, France Press reported sources saying the French Foreign Ministry Affairs. Finally it was known that there are two others kidnapped, one of Benin and one Malaysian.

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