'100 bodies found in mass graves in Ivory Coast'
AFP, Abidjan
Three mass graves containing at least 99 bodies have been found in northern Ivory Coast in a region under rebel control where clashes took place between rival factions last month, the United Nations mission in the west African country said Monday. "Some of these people were killed by gunshots. According to reliable witnesses, others were suffocated," the UN Operation in Ivory Coast (UNOIC) said in a statement. It said the graves were found in the northern town of Korhogo. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, has been mired in unrest since a failed September 2002 coup plunged the country into a divisive war that has left the north in rebel hands ever since.
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