Captured Gbagbo Calls For End To Ivory Coast Fighting -- Radio Free Europe
Laurent Gbagbo has called for an end to fighting in Ivory Coast hours after the strongman was captured at his residence in Abidjan following four months of political deadlock in the former French colony in West Africa.
It was immediately unclear who captured Gbagbo, who has been refusing to cede power to Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognized winner of the November presidential election.
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