Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:56:12 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:56:12 +0500 60 UN chief presses I. Coast leader Ouattara over massacre https://www.brecorder.com/news/9886/un-chief-presses-i-coast-leader-ouattara-over-massacre <p class="MsoNormal"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/april/ban_404.jpg" width="400" height="538" />UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki moon demanded that  Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara take action against followers who took part in a massacre of about 800 people, a UN spokesman said Sunday.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ouattara denied to Ban in a telephone conversation late Saturday that his followers were involved in events in the western town of Duekoue, according to spokesman Martin Nesirky. Ouattara said he had ordered an investigation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The international Red Cross and United Nations say about 800 people were killed in an operation by pro Ouattara forces in the town last Tuesday as they took territory from Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b><i> </i></center></p> UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki moon demanded that  Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara take action against followers who took part in a massacre of about 800 people, a UN spokesman said Sunday.

Ouattara denied to Ban in a telephone conversation late Saturday that his followers were involved in events in the western town of Duekoue, according to spokesman Martin Nesirky. Ouattara said he had ordered an investigation.

The international Red Cross and United Nations say about 800 people were killed in an operation by pro Ouattara forces in the town last Tuesday as they took territory from Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011 

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