Peace Process Declared Dead as Violence Erupts
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Violence between government-allied fighters and rebels ended a cease-fire that had held for three months in Ivory Coast. The clashes prompted rebels to declare the divided country’s peace process dead.
About 70 pro-government fighters attacked a checkpoint in the rebel-held north near the village of Logouale, and the insurgents fled, the United Nations and a rebel spokesman said.
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