Côte d’Ivoire: Lethal Crime Wave, Security Vacuum

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The Ivorian government should urgently address the rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouaké, the country’s second largest city. The government should take urgent steps to disarm the former combatants widely believed to be implicated in the attacksand adequately equip the police and gendarmes to protect the population and investigate violent crimes.

(Nairobi) – The Ivorian government should urgently address the rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouaké, the country’s second largest city, Human Rights Watch said today.

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