ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on Monday after French armored vehicles closed in on the compound where he has been holed up in a bunker.
ABIDJAN (AFP) – Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara enforced a blockade Friday around his rival Laurent Gbagbo's Abidjan residence, as the UN said it had found more than 100 bodies in the west of the country.
ABIDJAN (AFP) – Heavy weapons fire erupted in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan on Thursday after Japan's ambassador was rescued overnight from fierce battles involving fighters for would-be president Alassane Ouattara.
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it was aware of negotiations under way for the departure of Laurent Gbagbo from Ivory Coast, amid fierce fighting between his forces and loyalists of rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Fighters loyal to Ivory Coast presidential rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara held onto positions around the main city Abidjan on Sunday, a day that saw less fighting than the previous three.
