Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Crisis In The Ivory Coast Continues



Ivory Coast President-Elect Expects Military Help -- CNN

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Ivory Coast's President-elect Alassane Ouattara is "confident" that military action to remove self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo is on its way, he told CNN Thursday.

Ouattara said he expects the regional group the Economic Community of West African States to intervene in the situation. But he doesn't think such military intervention will lead to civil war, he added.

The cocoa-producing West African nation was plunged into crisis after Ouattara was declared the winner of the November presidential runoff election, but Gbagbo, the incumbent, refused to leave office.

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More News On The Unrest In The Ivory Coast

Cote D'Ivoire's Ouattara vows to take office this month -- Xinhuanet
Ivory Coast Election Standoff Will End This Month, Ouattara Says -- Bloomberg
Military option possible for Ivory Coast dispute -- BBC
Gbagbo loyalist threats highlight Ivory Coast fears -- BBC
At least 14 dead in Ivory Coast ethnic clashes -- ABC News (Australia)
UN says at least 210 killed in Cote d'Ivoire crisis: media -- Xinhuanet
At least 210 killed in I.Coast unrest: UN -- AFP
Ivory Coast Incumbent Government Rejects Call for More UN Peacekeepers -- Voice of America
Ivory Coast: Troop Surge To Avoid Civil War -- SKY News
Gbagbo must face international justice, says rival -- Financial Times
Ivory Coast Politician Claims Rival Initiated Post-Election Violence -- FOX News
Ouattara says rival Gbagbo ordered I.Coast violence -- Reuters
I. Coast's Gbagbo 'waging rape, murder campaign' -- AFP

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