UN aid plane shot at in Ivory Coast

[bemildred]

Reminds me of the situation in Liberia a few years back.
Northern rebels against corrupt S. Ruler, etc. etc. At least it's
France's mess this time. Where the heck is Charles Taylor these
days anyway?

Abidjan - A United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) plane was met with gunfire and threats when it arrived in Man, western Ivory Coast, the UN said in a statement on Saturday.

After landing Thursday at Man's small airport, "a WFP aircraft was welcomed by gunfire into the air and threats and slogans against United Nations personnel," said a statement form the UN Mission in Ivory Coast (ONUCI).

The mission gave no other details about the incident, but a spokesperson for the French military operation in the west African country, Colonel Henry Aussavy, confirmed that the information was correct.

Ivory Coast has been cut in two since a civil war began in 2002 leaving the south, controlled by supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo, separated from the rebel-held north and west by a buffer zone patrolled by French troops and UN peacekeepers.

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