- Guiglo
Guiglo is a town and department of
Moyen-Cavally Region in westernCôte d'Ivoire . Guiglo Town is located on theNzo River , a tributary of theSassandra River . It is the capital of Moyen-Cavally Region.Guiglo is a market centre of the
Guere ,Yacouba andMossi people, with trade inrice ,livestock , andcassava predominating, and is also a collecting depot, orentrepot , forcoffee andtimber to be taken to coastal ports for export. Guiglo is the site of both a research station and asawmill .In 2005, a UN base was invaded by 1,000 protesters and took control but were forced back by armed UN peacekeepers and left 100 protesters and one UN peacekeeper dead, including 1 wounded during
UNOCI .ee also
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Ivorian Civil War
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*Peacekeeping
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