Coté d’ Ivoire: Two detained TV journalists refused bail

Ladji Aboubacar Sanogo and Kangbé Yayoro, two reporters of pro-Ouattara Télévision Notre Patrie (TVNP) in Bouaké, the second largest city in Coté d’ I voire were sent back to prison custody on 24 February 2011 after being denied bail by the public prosecutor's office in connection with alleged terrorists activities. Sanogo and Kangbé are facing a charge relating to an 'offence against national security' for working for TVNP, which belongs to the Forces Nouvelles that waged a rebellion against Gbagbo’s government in the early 2000s.