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COTE DIVOIRE / INVISIBLE COMMANDOS
STORY: COTE DIVOIRE / INVISIBLE COMMANDOS
TRT: 1:58
SOURCE: ONUCI / UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGES: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 APRIL 2011, NEW YORK CITY / 26 APRIL 2011, ABDIJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE / FILE
FILE – STILL PHOTOS
1. Various stills, Ibrahim Coulibaly and the Invisible Commandos
26 APRIL 2011, ABDIJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE
2. Med shot, discussion between Representative of the national forces (FRCI), Tuho Fozie, and Spokesperson Felix Anoble of the Invisible Commandos
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Felix Anoble, Spokesperson, Invisible Commandos:
“It is a problem of invisible commando squad, it is a problem of a group of persons, you should not focus on an individual, Ibrahim Coulibaly who is the leader of this group but who does not embody all the problems, on the head of whom we do not have to put all the problems of the group. We came to represent the group, to speak on his behalf, to we were told that there was no discussion, it is the message that we had to cross us.”
4. Various shots, members of FRCI with members of Invisible Commandos
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Felix Anoble, Spokesperson, Invisible Commandos:
“Ibrahim Coulibaly was the main leader of these new strengths and thus the MPCI (Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire) and nobody can join forgery for it. We do not want to go into the details of his stake in the distance; it is not the most important today. But what we want to say, it is that we take into account it in the negotiations which we shall have with the invisible commando squad so that the peace returns in official list of Ivory Coast.”
6. Med shot, Felix Anoble leaving
28 APRIL 2011, NEW YORK CITY
7. Wide shot, Security Council vote
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Youssoufou Bamba, Permanent Representative of Cote d’Ivoire to the United Nations:
“My delegation also believes that this resolution which very clearly calls on the illegally armed combatants to lay down their arms should particularly contribute to the return to peace and security in Cote d’Ivoire.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council
Rebel leader Ibrahim Coulibaly known as "IB" who was the head of "invisible commandos" was reportedly killed on Wednesday in Abidjan during a confrontation with the Cote d’Ivoire Republican Forces (FRCI).
The attack follows President Alassane Ouattara’s call for the rebel leader to disarm his forces and join the national army. General Coulibaly had reportedly missed three separate meetings to discuss disarmament.
Earlier this week, when General Coulibaly failed to turn up for another meeting, the FRCI refused to have negotiations with representatives from the rebel group.
Félix Anoble, spokesperson for the Invisible Commandos, pointed out that although Coulibaly was the leader of the group, the FRCI should not just focus on him, adding that the problem of the Invisible Commandos Squad was “a problem of a group of persons, you should not focus on an individual.”
Anoble also talked about the importance of the negotiations “so that the peace returns in official” to Cote d’Ivoire which has been marred with violence since presidential elections last year.
The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported recently that armed militias continue to attack the population in the western part of the country and insecurity was hampering the access of humanitarian workers to those in need.
Earlier today (28 April), the Security Council voted to extend the arms embargo it imposed on Cote d’Ivoire to curb illegal trafficking of weapons for one more year.
Cote d’Ivoire’s Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba said that the resolution, which called for illegally armed combatants to lay down their arms,” would contribute to “the return to peace and security in Cote d’Ivoire.”
The latest news reports say that Coulibaly’s troops were attacked yesterday while waiting for UN peacekeepers to arrive and disarm them.
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