Gbagbo exit 'inevitable' in Ivory Coast: France
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday that Ivory Coast besieged strongman Laurent Gbagbo's departure was inevitable, although he could not say if it was a matter of hours or days.
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Gbagbo cornered after battles rock Ivory Coast city
Soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo asked for a ceasefire today, in the face of an offensive to unseat him by internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara.
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo negotiating his surrender: France
Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo was on Tuesday negotiating his surrender as rival forces laid siege to his residence in Abidjan, French leaders said.
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Fighting abates in Abidjan
The streets of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan were deserted Sunday while fighting abated near bastions of strongman Laurent Gbagbo after a four-day assault by rival forces, residents and journ
As rival presidents battle, 800 massacred in ICoast town
A tense stand-off between Ivory Coast's two presidents led to heavy fighting in Abidjan, as the International Red Cross announced that at least 800 people had been massacred in the west earlier in the
I.Coast talks fail
Abidjan: African Union envoy Raila Odinga left Abidjan early on Wednesday saying he had failed to achieve 'the necessary breakthrough' in the Ivory Coast political crisis.
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'Progress' in I Coast deadlock: mediator
Abidjan: The African Union's mediator in Ivory Coast's presidential stand-off said on Monday he had made progress in talks with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and that negotiations were expected to continue
I.Coast's Gbagbo 'in rape, murder campaign'
Paris: Ivory Coast's internationally-recognised election winner Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday rival Laurent Gbagbo had recruited Liberian mercenaries to wage a campaign of murder and rape against
Ivory Coast rivals agree to meet: AU envoy
Ivory Coast’s political rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara have agreed on a face-fo-face meeting to try to resolve the country’s political crisis, African Union envoy Raila Odinga said Tuesda
Ivory Coast stalemate continues
ABUJA: The Ivory Coast crisis remains deadlocked, the leader of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Tuesday, as talks were under way to press strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down as preside