Ivory Coast violence

Descent toward civil war started with presidential election in November.

Agence France-Presse

The trouble started when Gbagbo refused to step down after losing the election. Here, a woman urges Gbagbo to leave office on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011. The women were marching to condemn the killings of seven women during an earlier rally on March 3, 2011.

Issouf Sanogo