Saturday, December 25, 2010

Tensions Mount In Ivory Coast As West African Bloc Threaten Intervention



Ivory Coast Leader Rejects Threat Of Force -- ABC News Online (Australia)

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's regime has rejected an "unacceptable" threat by West African leaders to oust him through force, branding it a "Western plot directed by France".

Ahoua Don Mello, spokesman for Mr Gbagbo's government, also warned that military action by members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) could put millions of regional immigrants in Ivory Coast in danger.

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More News On The Crisis In Ivory Coast

West African leaders threaten to intervene in I.Coast -- Yahoo News/AFP
West African leaders threaten force in Ivory Coast -- Yahoo News/AP
Ivory Coast Gbagbo camp says threat of force unjust -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Violence, fear and farce sweep Ivory Coast as defeated president digs in -- The Telegraph
African Leaders Threaten Ivory Coast's Gbagbo -- NPR/AP
West African bloc threatens intervention in Ivory Coast -- Deutsche Welle
West African leaders threaten use of force against Gbagbo -- CNN
Scenarios: Possible outcomes in Ivory Coast's crisis -- Reuters
Timeline: Ivory Coast's troubled decade -- Reuters

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