March 18, 2011

Current Events: Crisis in the Ivory Coast



Below are a few statistics I found on fyeahafrica.tumblr.com-

•400 killed in ongoing political violence since November elections [BBC]
27 killed this past week [UN]
10 killed last night alone in Abidjan [AJE]
450,000 refugees, says UNHCR [BBC]
200,000 have fled in the past two weeks alone [Reuters]
800,000 children have been out of school for months [AllAfrica]
9,000 UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast [BBC]

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