ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - The bloody, four-month standoff in this West African nation ended Monday when troops loyal to the elected president routed and captured his rival, the longtime strongman who lost the vote but refused to give up power. Video of former President Laurent Gbagbo being led into a room in a white undershirt was broadcast on television as proof of his detention. He would not sign a statement formally ceding power after losing a Nov. 28 election to economist Alassane Ouattara.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's elected president ended the 10-year rule of strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday, storming the bunker where he had holed up and putting him under arrest following a crisis that left hundreds dead and threatened to re-ignite a civil war. Gbagbo's dramatic arrest came after days of heavy fighting during which French and U.N. helicopters fired rockets at his presidential residence. Forces backing the internationally recognized winner Alassane Ouattara had begun a rapid offensive to oust Gbagbo late last month.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - A top ally of Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader said Friday that the country is already in a "civil war situation," while the incumbent leader who refuses to step down after the disputed election accused world leaders of launching a coup to oust him. The United Nations has said that the volatile West African nation, once divided in two, faces a real risk of return to civil war, but Prime Minister Guillaume Soro told reporters that the country is already at this point - "indeed in a civil war situation.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Heavy fighting raged Friday near Ivory Coast's presidential palace and mansion and the state TV broadcaster as armed forces loyal to the elected leader tried to install him to power and oust the country's strongman. Internationally recognized leader Alassane Ouattara ordered the country's borders closed including the main airport in an attempt to prevent strongman Laurent Gbagbo and his allies from fleeing.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - The United Nations said Sunday it has received hundreds of reports of people being abducted from their homes at night by armed assailants in military uniform and that there is growing evidence of "massive violations of human rights" since Ivory Coast's disputed election. The statement from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights came a day after the U.N. said it would remain in Ivory Coast despite demands from the man refusing to give up the presidency that thousands of peacekeepers get out of the West African country.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - United Nations and French helicopters fired rockets on strongman Laurent Gbagbo's residence Sunday in an assault the U.N. said was to retaliate for attacks by his forces on U.N. headquarters and civilians. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had authorized the strikes, accusing Gbagbo of using heavy weapons against Ivory Coast civilians and the U.N. forces trying to protect them.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Shooting erupted Saturday in a sprawling Abidjan neighborhood where fighters loyal to Ivory Coast's arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo have sought refuge, residents of the area said. The shooting appeared to be between residual forces of a pro- Gbagbo militia and forces that fought to install democratically elected President Alassane Ouattara, said two residents of Yopougon suburb that includes several ghettos of shacks as well as middle- class homes. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statements are provided to correct distortions regarding the role of Lanny J Davis & Associates, LLC in advising the Ivory Coast on resolving the electoral crisis. Lanny Davis says that when retained by the Ivory Coast government, he clearly stated publicly at two press conferences - one on December 20, and the second on December 21 - the following: "I have not been asked by the Ivorian government to try to prove to the world community who won the election in the Ivory Coast, or who is right or who is wrong." Yet numerous reports on the Internet falsely stated that Mr. Davis is advocating in favor of the election of Mr. Gbagbo - precisely the opposite of this sentence quoted above and contained in his two statements. He reiterates ...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Fighters supporting Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader seized control of the nation's administrative capital on Wednesday, marking a symbolic victory after months of political chaos sparked when the country's former president refused to step down after an election. The fall of Yamoussoukro caps a dramatic advance on the city from multiple directions this week by soldiers supporting Alassane Ouattara, but many believe a final bloody battle over the presidency is now destined for the commercial capital of Abidjan, only 143 miles away.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Surrounded by troops backing Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader, strongman Laurent Gbagbo huddled Tuesday with his family in a bunker and played his final hand, trying to wrest last-ditch concessions as he negotiated the terms of his surrender. Down the hill from his luxurious compound, dozens of Gbagbo's soldiers were seen entering a church where they stripped off their uniforms and abandoned their weapons.
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