Gov't of Cote d'Ivoire, Rebel Groups Sign Truce in Togo

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Gov't of Cote d'Ivoire, Rebel Groups Sign Truce in Togo

Representatives of Cote d'Ivoirean government and two western rebel factions signed a truce in Lome on Monday, which is aimed at ending the conflicts in the west African country.

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Representatives of Cote d'Ivoirean government and two western rebel factions signed a truce in Lome on Monday, which is aimed at ending the conflicts in the west African country.

The truce to stop hostilities was the first the government of President Laurent Gbagbo has signed with the rebel groups and brought more hopes for the forthcoming peace talks near Paris.

Fighting broke out in Cote d'Ivoire on Sept. 19, 2002 when some 750 soldiers mutinied over plans to demobilize them. The uprising has turned into a full-scale coup attempt to oust President Gbagbo with the Patriotic Movement of Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI) rebels seizing more than half of the country in the north.

Some 2,500 French troops are currently deployed in Cote d' Ivoire to monitor a fragile ceasefire between the main rebel group,the MPCI, and the government. They have also served as a buffer between the two newly emerging rebel groups and the government forces.

Since the war broke out last September, hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands forced to flee their homes.

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