Côte d’Ivoire
28 April 2011
The Council extended the sanctions regime and the mandate of the group of experts monitoring it for one year.
27 April 2011
Ibrahim Coulibaly (head of the Invisible Commandos) was killed by the Republican Forces during an offensive on his headquarters situated in the northern part of Abidjan.
23 April 2011
General Ibrahim Coulibaly, leader of the Invisible Commandos, informed the Associated Press that he was prepared to surrender his forces’ arms but it would require some time to organise it.
22 April 2011
Ouattara ordered all soldiers to return to their barracks, stating that law and order will be enforced by the police and gendarmes, and indicated that the Invisible Commandos should disarm or be forcibly made to comply.
22 April 2011
Ouattara met with the head of Côte d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Court, Paul Yao N’Dre, in an apparent conciliatory gesture. (N’Dre had declared incumbent leader Gbagbo the winner of the disputed 28 November presidential elections, contrary to the UN’s certification of Ouattara as winner of the polls.)
