Business Recorder - World - Africa https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:30:16 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:30:16 +0500 60 EU aid chief urges Ivory Coast leaders to protect civilians https://www.brecorder.com/news/9976/eu-aid-chief-urges-ivory-coast-leaders-to-protect-civilians <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/april/eu_404.jpg" width="400" height="293" />BRUSSELS: EU aid chief Kristalina Georgieva on Monday urged warring Ivory Coast rivals Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo to protect civilians and save the country from slipping "further into civil war."</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"I appeal to both Laurent Gbagbo and president elect Alassane Ouattara, for the sake of your people, for the sake of your neighbours, for the sake of humanity please protect civilians, allow the help of humanitarian workers and prevent Cote d'Ivoire from slipping further into civil war," Georgieva said in a video statement.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</b></i></center></p> BRUSSELS: EU aid chief Kristalina Georgieva on Monday urged warring Ivory Coast rivals Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo to protect civilians and save the country from slipping "further into civil war."

"I appeal to both Laurent Gbagbo and president elect Alassane Ouattara, for the sake of your people, for the sake of your neighbours, for the sake of humanity please protect civilians, allow the help of humanitarian workers and prevent Cote d'Ivoire from slipping further into civil war," Georgieva said in a video statement.

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