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More Mass Graves Found in Ivory Coast

   VOA News  May 09, 2011
   Local residents look on as republican forces soldiers visit the site of
   an alleged mass grave in a recently pacified area of the Yopougon
   district, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 5, 2011

Photo: AP

   Local residents look on as republican forces soldiers visit the site of
   an alleged mass grave in a recently pacified area of the Yopougon
   district, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 5, 2011

   United Nations investigators say they have found mass graves in Ivory
   Coast containing the bodies of more than 50 people.
   Officials with the U.N. human rights office said Monday that the graves
   were found in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, the country's
   commercial capital.
   Local residents say the victims were killed April 12 when gunmen loyal
   to former president Laurent Gbagbo attacked supporters of the country's
   new president, Alassane Ouattara.
   Pro-Ouattara forces had captured Mr. Gbagbo the day before, ending a
   political crisis sparked when Mr. Gbagbo refused to concede defeat in
   last November's presidential election.
   The U.N. human rights office announced last week that it was
   investigating reports of mass graves in Yopougon and the possible
   killing of civilians by both sides.

   Hundreds of people were killed during four months of political unrest
   in Ivory Coast. The U.N. says about 1 million were displaced from their
   homes.
   President Ouattara has vowed to form a truth and reconciliation
   commission and hold accountable those responsible for criminal acts
   during the political crisis.
   Mr. Ouattara's office says the president will have a formal
   inauguration in the political capital Yamoussoukro on May 21.

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