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Pro-government militia hand over token weapons as disarmament starts
Abijan, Cote D'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire's shaky peace process moved forward on Wednesday when four pro-government militia groups took a first step towards demobilisation by each handing in a token Kalashnikov rifle.
The militia groups, based in the lawless west of Cote d'Ivoire, surrendered the weapons to Colonel Philippe Mangou, the chief of staff of the armed forces, at a ceremony in Guiglo, a small town 500 km northwest of the capital Abidjan.