Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo 'Running Out Of Troops' -- BBC
Besieged Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has fewer than 1,000 troops left in the main city of Abidjan, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet says.
He estimates 200 of these fighters are at the presidential residence, where the strongman refuses to stand down.
Mr Gbagbo is encircled by forces loyal to rival Alassane Ouattara, who is thought to have several thousand men.
A BBC correspondent in Abidjan says a fresh attack is expected at any moment on the presidential compound.
A so-called final assault on the building on Wednesday by pro-Ouattara forces was fought off by Gbagbo loyalists.
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