{"id":322419,"date":"2011-03-19T12:47:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T12:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/cote-divoire-crimes-against-humans\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T12:47:04","slug":"cote-divoire-crimes-against-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/cote-divoire-crimes-against-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Cote d&#8217;Ivoire: Crimes Against Humans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.7356301635\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irinnews.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/67197229irin180.jpg\" alt=\"UN Integrated Regional Information Networks\" title=\"Visit UN Integrated Regional Information Networks\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>18 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Abidjan \u2014 The violence in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has gotten so that women sitting at a vegetable stall mid-afternoon can end up in pools of blood on the ground in an instant.<\/p>\n<p>A mortar attack that killed at least 25 people in the commercial capital Abidjan on 17 March came from military forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo and &#8220;could constitute a crime against humanity&#8221;, says the UN Operation in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire (UNOCI).<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Nafissa Hagba saw the shells hit the market in Abobo District. &#8220;There was no firing, no warning. Just this whistling noise and then explosions everywhere. The market was chaos. It hit stalls where mainly fruit and vegetables are sold; many women were there.&#8221; Nafissa counted seven bodies.<\/p>\n<p>One of the bodies was that of 30-year-old Ouattara Ousmane. After days of being holed up at home &#8211; as is the case for many Abobo residents amid fierce violence &#8211; he had gone out to buy food in the market, his brother said. &#8220;He was so happy to leave the house, where we&#8217;ve been cooped up for so long,&#8221; 34-year old teacher Ouattara Kapet told IRIN. &#8220;He never came back home. A neighbour told us he was under the wreck of a market stall. There was shrapnel in his neck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"25.0952380952\">\n<div readability=\"5.66666666667\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/93c5d470w260x.jpg.jpg\" width=\"260\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irinnews.org\">UNHCR\/H.Caux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A family flees the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A team of UN experts who visited the site &#8220;were able to provide confirmation of the type of shells and their provenance,&#8221; UNOCI spokesperson Hamadoun Tour\u00e9 told IRIN.<\/p>\n<p>In a report released on 15 March Human Rights Watch said organized attacks on civilians by Gbagbo&#8217;s forces likely constitute crimes against humanity and that the killing of civilians by forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara &#8220;also risks becoming crimes against humanity should they become widespread or systematic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>UNOCI said in a 19 March statement it would &#8220;take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of civilians, in accordance with its mandate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_b div ---><\/p>\n<p>Many Ivoirians say they are frustrated that international forces in the country are not doing more to stop the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Civilians continue to be killed &#8211; every day civilians are killed,&#8221; said Andr\u00e9 Banhouman Kamat\u00e9, president of the executive national office of the Ivoirian Human Rights League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not that UNOCI has done nothing&#8230;.They have take action to protect civilians, but we have a situation where peacekeepers themselves cannot go into certain areas because of the insecurity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kamat\u00e9 said the violence is scarcely getting any attention in the world. &#8220;C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has been completely erased from the world&#8217;s radar, with all that&#8217;s going on in Japan, in Libya.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos said the shelling incident &#8220;demonstrates a blatant disregard for international humanitarian law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>An Abobo resident said this is one of many mortar attacks on civilians in the area in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Urban warfare&#8221; is what the UN Refugee Agency called the Abidjan violence in an 18 March statement. Some 300,000 people have been forced out of their Abidjan homes since November, according to UNHCR.<\/p>\n<p><em>[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations ]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0CQMQ1uCrzKwZXAP\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0CQh-30B8uEHyRTN\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103190104.html\" title=\"Cote d'Ivoire: Crimes Against Humans\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cote d&#8217;Ivoire: Crimes Against Humans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 March 2011 Abidjan \u2014 The violence in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has gotten so that women sitting at a vegetable stall mid-afternoon can end up in pools of blood on the ground in an instant. 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