Friday, 4. March 2011
Topic: POLITIK - on March 4, 2011 at 9:26:00 AM CET
Ivory Coast president cuts off power and water to north
Millions of people in rebel-controlled region left without vital supplies as country moves towards civil war
The Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo, has cut off electricity and water supplies to millions of people in the north of the country "for political reasons", the UN has said.
The national power company reported that armed men entered its buildings on Monday night and ordered the shutdown, the latest step in an increasingly violent move towards civil war.
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