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Gbagbo defiant as UN, EU pile on pressure
ABIDJAN: Tension mounted between Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo and the international community on Monday, as the United Nations complained of rights abuses and the European Union slapped sanctions on him. Gbagbo has rejected demands he cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, and has instead ordered UN peacekeepers to leave the country, stirring fears the fragile West African state might plunge back into chaos. The United Nations has refused Gbagbo's order to withdraw its
EU set to sanction I Coast’s Gbagbo
BRUSSELS: The European Union is set Monday to slap sanctions on Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo and any of his allies who dig in and refuse to recognise defeat at the polls last month.
A draft statement seen by AFP, penned by ambassadors of the 27-nation bloc and to be endorsed later in the day by foreign ministers, calls for a visa ban and a freeze on assets "against those obstructing peace" and "threatening the proper outcome of the electoral process."
These measures, it
A draft statement seen by AFP, penned by ambassadors of the 27-nation bloc and to be endorsed later in the day by foreign ministers, calls for a visa ban and a freeze on assets "against those obstructing peace" and "threatening the proper outcome of the electoral process."
These measures, it
I Coast’s Gbagbo must quit before any talks, says rival
ABDIJAN: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo must concede the presidency and accept his rival Alassane Ouattara as head of state before talks can begin on settling their power struggle, Ouattara's camp said on Saturday.
Gbagbo has floated the idea of talks to end a row over who won an election on November 28, which was meant to reunify the world's top cocoa producer but has instead left it paralysed with parallel administrations and many fearing further violence.
Both
Gbagbo has floated the idea of talks to end a row over who won an election on November 28, which was meant to reunify the world's top cocoa producer but has instead left it paralysed with parallel administrations and many fearing further violence.
Both
Gbagbo hints at possible talks in Ivorian poll row
ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has dismissed talk of a possible resumption of war, and said rival factions should negotiate a solution to a crisis provoked by a row over who won elections on Nov. 28.
The comments, published in state-run Fraternite Matin newspaper on Friday, are the first signs from Gbagbo that he is ready for talks to end a deadlock after a top legal body named him as president, reversing election commission results that said rival Alassane
The comments, published in state-run Fraternite Matin newspaper on Friday, are the first signs from Gbagbo that he is ready for talks to end a deadlock after a top legal body named him as president, reversing election commission results that said rival Alassane
