A French soldier stops a minibus at a checkpoint outside the town of Duekoué, western Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), February 2004

 A French soldier questions a minibus driver at a checkpoint outside Duekoué, western Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), February 2004 A French soldier checks passengers in a minibus at a checkpoint outside Duekoué, western Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), February 2004

A French soldier stops and checks a minibus at a checkpost outside the town of Duekoué, western Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), February 2004. The checkpoint is on the road to the town of Man and is at the southern edge of the “confidence zone” that separates the government-controlled south of the country from the rebels in the north
A French soldier and children at a checkpoint outside Duekoué, western Ivory Coast, February 2004 A French soldier at a checkpoint on the road running between the towns of Man and Duekoué, western Ivory Coast, February 2004 A French soldier at a checkpoint on the road running between the towns of Man and Duekoué, western Ivory Coast, February 2004

A French soldier and children at the checkpoint outside Duekoué

French soldiers at a checkpoint on the road running between the towns of Man and Duekoué, western Ivory Coast. The checkpoint is at the northern edge of the “confidence zone”
A French soldier at a checkpoint on the road running between the towns of Man and Duekoué, western Ivory Coast, February 2004 French officers at a camp supporting a checkpoint in western Ivory Coast, February 2004 French soldiers repack shells at their base at Man airfield in western Ivory Coast, February 2004
A French soldier at the checkpoint south of Man French officers at the camp alongside the checkpoint south of Man French soldiers pack shells at Man airfield