Alassane Ouattara
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Won’t Cede Power, Mediators Step In
After months of controversy surrounding the election results in Ivory Coast, mediators from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have been sent in to try and resolve the political crisis before it turns violent. Four leaders from the 15-nation ECOWAS talked with incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo yesterday, in hopes of convincing him to […]
Ivory Coast: Fight Continues as Gbagbo Refuses to Surrender
Fierce fighting continues in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan with much of it centered on the presidential compound of the besieged Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo. Despite early reports, Gbagbo is refusing to surrender. Supporters of Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of last year’s presidential election, have been trying to force Mr. Gbagbo out of […]
President Gbagbo’s Game of Chicken
There are reports that president-elect Alassane Ouattara’s soldiers have stormed the compound where former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been holed up in a bunker. There were reports Tuesday that Gbagbo was negotiating his surrender. However, he then denied these reports. Will Laurent Gbagbo hand over power or try to lead the Ivory Coast deeper […]
Dramatic Developments in a Divided Ivory Coast
A spokesman for Alassane Ouattara, Patrick Achi told the BBC that Outtara’s forces have control of Laurent Gbagbo’s official residence. He is apparently holed up in a bunker negotiating his departure. Meanwhile, France has defended its peacekeeping mission in the country as helicopters belonging to France carried out airstrikes in Abidjan. In appears that the […]