April 8, 2005

In Brief

AFRICAN UNIVERSITY REOPENS: The University of Bouaké, in the rebel-held part of Ivory Coast, will reopen in April, two-and-a-half years after the outbreak of civil war in the West African nation forced it to shut down. University officials said they would reopen the institution on April 26, although most students have fled. One of three public institutions of higher education in Ivory Coast, it was closed in 2002, when rebels invaded the northern half of the country in a bid to topple