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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo visits rebel HQ after war
30 Jul 2007 09:02:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast, July 30 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo arrived in the rebel headquarters and second city Bouake on Monday for the first time since civil war split the country in two nearly five years ago, witnesses said.

Gbagbo met rebel chief Guillaume Soro, whom he appointed prime minister in April under the latest plan to reunite the country, ahead of a ceremony to burn weapons later in the day.
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A woman stands in her house, which was ruined by floods, in Balungo community Bongo district, September 25, 2007. Torrential rains and floods that have swept over East and West Africa in recent weeks, destroying homes and schools and washing away crops and livestock. Conservative estimates put the number of those killed by the deluges at some 200, and aid agencies say a million people have been affected from Ethiopia in the east to Senegal in the west. Picture taken September 25, 2007.



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