UN lifts all sanctions on Côte d’Ivoire

The UN Security Council has lifted its sanctions regime on Côte d’Ivoire, by Resolution 2283. The sanctions regime imposed an arms embargo on Côte d’Ivoire and targeted asset freezes and travel bans on people deemed by the Council’s Sanctions Committee to constitute a threat to the peace and reconciliation process in Côte d’Ivoire, following a long period of internal conflict....