Up to 1 Million People Driven From Homes By Violence in Côte d’Ivoire, UN Reports

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 March 2011 – As many as 1 million people have been driven from their homes in Côte d’Ivoire in the months-long turmoil stemming from the outgoing president’s refusal to leave office, with violence mounting and his loyalists using heavy weapons against civilians, a top United Nations official said today.

“The deteriorating security situation and the escalation in the use of heavy weapons has had a serious toll on the lives and well-being of…