Gbagbo appeared in the court at The Hague on Monday to face charges of crimes against humanity.
Rival forces are poised for a showdown in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan. The BBC's John James is in the northern city of Bouake.
J. Peter Pham, director of the Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council explains why the fighting may be coming to a close and what the future will look like for Alassane Ouattara.
Ivory Coast is one step closer to civil war after troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara dismissed Laurent Gbagbo's offer of a ceasefire and seized the political capital of Yamoussoukro. The BBC's John James reports from Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
We talk to J. Peter Pham, director of the Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, about the escalating unrest in the Ivory Coast and whether an all-out war is imminent.
The African Union is intervening in the disputed presidential election in Ivory Coast. Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to stand aside for the man the UN says won the poll. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC's John James in Abidjan.