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07/29/2004:

"Africa's Leaders Start Ivory Coast Talks"

ACCRA (Reuters) - Africa's most influential leaders began talks in Ghana's capital Thursday to revive a moribund peace process in Ivory Coast, where civil war has split the West African economic powerhouse in two.

The conflict mushroomed out of a coup attempt in September 2002 and although a peace deal was struck in January 2003, and hostilities declared over in July that year, the world's largest cocoa grower remains mired in an uneasy stalemate.

Full Article : reuters.com