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The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard.
2016-08-28

Up to one million people flee Abidjan in southern Côte d'Ivoire amid violence.
2011-03-25

2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Thousands of supporters of incumbent Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo gather to enlist in the army.
2011-03-21

Dozens of people are killed in nationwide violence in Côte d'Ivoire, as fears of a civil war grow.
2011-03-17

The disputed government of Côte d'Ivoire imposes a ban on United Nations flights from flying over or landing in the country.
2011-03-10

2010–2011 Ivorian crisis: Unrest continues in Côte d'Ivoire as the internationally-recognised President Alassane Ouattara heads to a mediation summit.
2011-03-9

The African Union sets up a panel of heads of state to help solve the political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.
2011-01-29

A ship bound from Libya, the "Al-Amal", due to deliver humanitarian aid from Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria to the Gaza Strip, changes course for Egypt after being warned to stay away by the Israeli Navy and receiving pressure from the United States to "act responsibly".
2010-07-13

Amnesty International condemns Sunday's execution, in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, of 18 people, some of whom were from Chad, Egypt and Nigeria.
2010-06-2

Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi suggests the country be partitioned into two separate Christian and Muslim nations.
2010-03-18