Latest update: 11/04/2012 

- Alassane Ouattara - Ivory Coast - Laurent Gbagbo - refugees


Ivory Coast's displaced people

Several hundred thousand Ivorians fled post-election violence a year ago. More than 150,000 refugees are thought to remain outside the country, as well as some 80,000 internally displaced people according to UN figures, the majority of whom are thought to have been pro-Gbagbo supporters. Many are asking for help from the government, which has been slow to respond. Our correspondent Maureen Grisot went to meet those who have been living for nearly a year in tents on the outskirts of Abidjan.

By Maureen Grisot
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