{"id":9999,"date":"2010-06-13T08:40:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2010-06-13T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T12:40:14","slug":"deaths-reported-at-ivory-coast-alpha-blondy-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=9999","title":{"rendered":"Deaths reported at Ivory Coast Alpha Blondy concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stampede at a peace concert in Ivory Coast has killed at least two people, medical workers say.<\/p>\n<p>The workers tolds AFP news agency that staff at a stadium in Bouake allowed a big crowd in during the concert by Ivorian reggae musician Alpha Blondy.<\/p>\n<p>A further 20 people were reportedly injured in the crush.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was intended to celebrate &#8220;peace and unity&#8221; as the country seeks to recover from civil war. Bouake is the stronghold of the former rebels.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ivory-Coast2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10000\" title=\"Ivory Coast2\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ivory-Coast2.png\" alt=\"Ivory Coast2\" width=\"227\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their New Forces Movement has controlled the north since their failed 2002 attempt to overthrow President Laurent Gbagbo.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a peace deal signed in March 2007, the ex-rebels have yet to hand over control of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Polls to end the crisis sparked by the civil war have been delayed six times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stampede at a peace concert in Ivory Coast has killed at least two people, medical workers say. The workers tolds AFP news agency that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[751,1],"tags":[2961,2963],"class_list":["post-9999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news","category-uncategorized","tag-alpha-blondy","tag-ivory-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}