news worldnews africaandindianocean cotedivoire 8432508 ----- # Pope calls for end to Ivory Coast conflict ## Pope Benedict XVI has said all sides in Ivory Coast and Libya should launch peace efforts "to stop further bloodshed". 560 315 TelegraphPlayer-8432508 4:09PM BST 06 Apr 2011 Speaking at a public audience in St. Peter's square, Pope Benedict XVI called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ivory Coast and Libya, saying that "violence and hatred are always a defeat". The Pope has sent his special envoy, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, to the Ivory Coast in the hope of encouraging dialogue and a peaceful solution to the conflict. Thousands are reported to have died in the fighting. The UN and aid agencies calculate that 1 million people have been forced to flee their homes since the fighting began, many of them crossing into neighbouring Liberia or Ghana to seek refuge. "I pray for the victims and I am close to all those who are suffering," said the Pontiff. 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