National police chief fired after slaying
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Ivory Coast’s government fired the chief of the national police, two days after an officer was accused of fatally shooting a French radio reporter. The decision to fire Gen. Adolphe Baby
came at a night meeting of President Laurent Gbagbo and his Cabinet. In a statement, the Cabinet said it “deplores this odious and unacceptable act.” Jean Helene, 50, a regional reporter for
Radio France Internationale, was shot in the back of the head Tuesday night while waiting to interview jailed opposition figures in the commercial capital, Abidjan. MORE TO READ