FILE: Opposition forces are set to depose the incumbent President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo

Record ID: 181918

  • Title: FILE: Opposition forces are set to depose the incumbent President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo
  • Date: 7th April 2011
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF GBAGBO SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNOUNCEMENT VARIOUS OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL ON ROAD IN FRONT OF OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS (SOUNDBITE) (French) UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE TO IVORY COAST, Y. J. CHOI, SAYING: "But the results confirm again Mr Ouattara as the winner of the second round of presidential elections in Ivory Coast." ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (FILE - DECEMBER 4, 2010) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF IVORY COAST PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO WITH RED SASH INSIDE INAUGURATION HALL WAVING GBAGBO'S WIFE DRESSED IN WHITE, SEATED WITH OTHER OFFICIALS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL PHILIPPE MANGOU SITTING WITH OTHER ARMY COMMANDERS VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT PUTTING THE GOLDEN CHAIN AROUND GBAGBO'S NECK GBAGBO WAVING/ OFFICIALS CLAPPING JOURNALISTS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (French) IVORY COAST PRESIDENT, LAURENT GBAGBO, SAYING: "The results they (Independent Electoral Commission) released are rough results, they are judged taking into account the complaints from both camps, addressed not to the electoral commission, but to the Constitutional Council, which is the only one with the authority to judge." ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL MANGOU SITTING LISTENING COCODY NEIGHBOURHOOD
  • Embargoed: 22nd April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Cote d'Ivoire
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAAG0QZOEXSVVGUUR43MQC8J4Y0
  • Story Text: Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara stormed the bunker where Laurent Gbagbo was defying efforts on Wednesday (April 6) to force him to cede power, a spokeswoman for Ouattara told Reuters.
    France, the former colonial power, said fighting was under way around Gbagbo's residence in Abidjan but that French troops in the city were not involved.
    Negotiations to persuade Gbagbo to quit stalled early on Wednesday as he resisted pressure from the United Nations and France to sign a document renouncing his claim to power.
    A defiant Gbagbo had earlier denied he was willing to surrender despite a fierce assault by forces loyal to Ouattara, whose victory in November's presidential election was certified by the United Nations but rejected by Gbagbo.
    Last year's long-delayed election in the world's top cocoa producing nation was meant to draw a line under the civil war, but Gbagbo's refusal to cede power has plunged the country into violence that has killed more than 1,500 people.
    Over the past week, forces loyal to Ouattara launched a major assault on Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan, driving home their campaign to oust him.
    The conflict drove cocoa prices lower as dealers bet on a swift end to Gbagbo's rule and a resumption of exports. The country's defaulted $2.3 billion Eurobond rose to a four-month high on Wednesday on raised expectations of repayment.

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