Guinean troops take Ivory Coast village: Official

Published February 19, 2013 10:59am ET



ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast military spokesman says that Guinean soldiers have occupied a border village in western Ivorian territory.

Col. Cherif Moussa said Tuesday that the seizure of Kpeaba village was part of a territorial dispute between the two countries dating back to Ivory Coast’s independence in 1960.

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