United Nations report has found proof of torture, mass executions and rape over the past two years in Ivory Coast, according to a French newspaper. Liberation says the unpublished report accuses both sides in the Ivorian civil war of violations of human rights. Rebels fighting President Laurent Gbagbo currently control the northern half of Ivory Coast. The report includes a secret list of 200 people who could face prosecution or UN sanctions, Liberation says. The newspaper said the 100-page report lays out “the nightmare of Ivory Coast in all its horror”. Since a failed a coup against President Gbagbo in 2002, the west African country has been wracked by civil conflict and has been left in a state of division. French UN peacekeepers patrol a buffer zone between rebel forces in the north and government-held areas in the south. The international forces are criticised for failing to act to prevent killings in the country, despite having a mandate to do so. Full Story
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