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A major Switzerland based commodities firm, Trafigura, played a "pivotal" role in the ability of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to export oil, exports that the central government in Baghdad has prohibited.
2014-12-2

It is announced that Laurent Gbagbo, the former President of Côte d'Ivoire, has been transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, to face trial for crimes against humanity.
2011-11-30

Nigeria accuses the international community of taking action in Libya while doing little to resolve the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.
2011-03-22

Laurent Gbagbo expels the ambassadors for Canada and the United Kingdom from Côte d'Ivoire. Both nations reject the decision, recognizing Alassane Ouattara as the rightful President.
2011-01-7

Ghana says a threat of force by the Economic Community of West African States to remove Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo would "not bring about peace" in the country.
2011-01-7

Mass graves are discovered in Côte d'Ivoire amid other political violence as United Nations peacekeepers come under increased tension in the country when allies of Alassane Ouattara call for a forceful removal of Laurent Gbagbo.
2011-01-1

Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down after a meeting with other African leaders.
2010-12-29

UN: Approximately 14,000 people have fled Côte d'Ivoire and headed to Liberia due to the recent presidential election dispute.
2010-12-25

Ivory Coasts' election commission in Côte d'Ivoire declares Alassane Ouattara the winner of the Ivorian presidential election but the Constitutional Council declares the announcement invalid as it missed the deadline to announce the results.
2010-12-2

The trial of London-based multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura for illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006 begins in Amsterdam.
2010-06-1