Côte d’Ivoire
10 April 2011
UN and French troops launched aerial attacks targetting heavy weapons stations at the residence of Gbagbo.
9 April 2011
UNOCI accused pro-Gbagbo forces of attacking and firing heavy weapons at the Golf Hotel. Gbagbo’s camp denied the accusation.
8 April 2011
Ouatarra called on the EU to lift sanctions on two key Ivorian cocoa-exporting ports of San Pedro and Abidjan to help in resuscitating the country’s economy.
4 April 2011
France authorised its troops to participate in joint operations with UNOCI to neutralise heavy weapons in response to the UN Secretary-General’s request. UN and French helicopters fired on the pro-Gbagbo forces occupied Akouedo camp in Abidjan, explaining that it was a preventive strike against heavy weapons stationed there, in line with resolution 1975.
3 April 2011
The UN Secretary-General wrote to French President Nicolas Sarkozy requesting for the support of French troops for military operations to be conducted by UNOCI to neutralise heavy weapons used against civilians and UN personnel, in line with resolution 1975.
