Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Calls For Cease-Fire, Negotiates Surrender -- L.A. Times
Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo is in a bunker under his home Tuesday and is working out the terms of his surrender following his election defeat to Alassane Ouattara last fall.
Laurent Gbagbo, who has clung to power in Ivory Coast despite his defeat last fall in U.N.-certified elections, called for a cease-fire Tuesday after weeks of intense fighting and was negotiating the terms of his surrender, French and United Nations officials said.
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