Abidjan horrors revealed
Details of rapes and other atrocities against foreigners in Ivory Coast began to emerge on Friday as thousands of expatriates continued to leave the west African state and African leaders moved to prevent the crisis from igniting the entire region. The region cannot afford a reprise of the conflict in Ivory Coast, a linchpin due to its robust, cocoa-based economy that has attracted hundreds of thousands of migrants over the four decades since independence from France. Full Story