Saturday, April 2, 2011

Civil War In Ivory Coast -- News Updates April 2, 2011



Assault On Abidjan: Freedom Fighters Overrun Ivory Coast's Seat Of Power As Rebels Sleep In President Gbagbo's Bed -- The Daily Mail

Rebels fighting to install Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader overran its largest city Abidjan and even slept in the bed of ruling President Laurent Gbagbo.

Forces backing Alassane Ouattara have taken nearly 80 per cent of the country as Gbagbo's soldiers fled and towns fell in quick succession on the way to the country's seat of power.

The rebels are now poised for a final push to unseat the entrenched ruler, who refused to step down after a decade in power when he lost an election in November.

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More News On The Civil War In Ivory Coast

Entrenched Ivory Coast leader calls for resistance -- Yahoo News/AP
Entrenched Ivory Coast leader calls on his forces to resist fighters trying to depose him -- Washington Post
Rival forces battle for control of Abidjan in Ivory Coast -- BBC
'Fierce Fighting' Continues In Ivory Coast -- NPR

Reports of massacre in western Ivory Coast, battle for Abidjan rages -- CNN
Ivory Coast massacre kills 1,000: agency -- CBC
Carnage, Mass Graves Alleged In Ivory Coast -- FOX News
800 dead in Ivory Coast violence around Duekoue city, says Red Cross -- The Guardian
UN base in Ivory Coast town where hundreds killed -- AP
Massacre reported in Ivory Coast -- UPI

Laurent Gbagbo fighters retake state television station -- The Telegraph
Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara in profile -- BBC
PROFILE: Alassane Ouattara - economist who would be president -- M&C
Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo in profile -- BBC

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