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Ivory Coast: The Cost of War -- Children That Do Not (Officially) Exist
[IPS Africa: 2006-05-26]
The political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, sparked by a failed coup in 2002, is further disrupting the registration of children born in areas under rebel control. This West African country has been divided in two since the attempted takeover, with the rebel-held north separated from the government-controlled south by a buffer zone which United Nations and French troops patrol. The coup was staged by mutineering soldiers who took up arms to protest against the alleged margi. . .
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