French and US begin evacuations in Ivory Coast
French and US forces today began an air evacuation of a second threatened Ivory Coast city, swooping in by helicopters to pluck up Westerners in the remote, rebel-held city of Korhogo.
French and US C-130 military cargo planes flew the evacuees to hoped-for safety in Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast and staging area for Western rescue missions amid the once-tranquil West African nation’s deadliest-ever rebellion.
