UNOCI Holds Memorial Service for Nigerien Blue Helmets
Alassane Ouattara (at podium), President of Côte d'Ivoire, speaks at the memorial ceremony for seven Nigerien peacekeepers of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), at the mission’s headquarters in Abidjan. The troops were killed in the southwest of the country on 8 June, when unidentified armed elements assaulted their patrol unit.