Au Secours!

French forces opened fire Tuesday as thousands of angry government loyalists massed outside an evacuation post for foreigners, reportedly killing seven people and wounding 200 in violence pitting France against its former prize colony … Four days of confrontations have killed at least 20 other people, wounded 700 and shut down cocoa exports from the world’s largest producer. On Tuesday, stunned protesters filled the hospital, and survivors lay out the bodies of some of the dead. A woman lay on the ground, screaming.