ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A new report from a U.N. expert panel raises the possibility that former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo received substantial ammunition transfers from Sudan as he clung to power during postelection violence two years ago.
The country’s U.N. peacekeeping mission has found “several tens of thousands of rounds” of ammunition for assault rifles believed to have been produced in Sudan in 2010 and 2011, according to the report posted online Thursday.
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