Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara advanced on Tuesday to within 200km of the two main port cities.
Thousands of Ivorians fleeing violence in the commercial capital, Abidjan, gathered in its main bus station on Sunday.
Ivorian gunmen fighting to depose Laurent Gbagbo after he refused to concede an election were advancing across Abidjan on Monday.
At the top of a tarred road in this tense Abidjan district, forces loyal to internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara man a roadblock.
Abobo, usually one of the most populated suburbs of Abidjan, has become a place of terror, bloodshed and desperation.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday ordered his government to take control over the country’s key cocoa sector.
Fighters allied with Côte d’Ivoire’s globally recognised president seized a western town held by his rival Laurent Gbagbo.
UN peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire will be reinforced by 2 000 soldiers and have received two combat helicopters to face worsening violence.
Officials fear Robert Mugabe is secretly sending arms to Ivorian election loser Laurent Gbabgo for use against civilians.
As African presidents met in Côte d’Ivoire to end the crisis, President Jacob Zuma was mobbed by angry youths to highlight their problems.
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/ 7 February 2011
Experts sent by an African Union panel tasked with mediating peace in Côte d’Ivoire arrived in Abidjan on Sunday.
Tougher action, possibly including force, is the only way to make Côte d’Ivoire incumbent Laurent Gbagbo step down after mediation failed.
Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally recognised leader Alassane Ouattara called on Friday for force to oust his strongman rival.
At least two people died as Côte d’Ivoire forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday moved into an Abidjan bastion of his rival.
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo made an unannounced visit to Côte d’Ivoire, arriving late on Saturday for a meeting with Laurent Gbagbo.
Residents might be reminded of a lyric from the Eagles’ <i>Hotel California</i>: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to further talks to end his country’s crisis, buying himself time after a demand that he step down.
The Côte d’Ivoire crisis remains deadlocked, the leader of the Ecowas West African regional bloc said on Tuesday.
African mediators left Côte d’Ivoire without a breakthrough in the West African nation’s presidential vote crisis.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo told his presidential rival on Saturday not to expect foreign troops to install him in power by force.
A spokesperson for Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said that Ecowas must use military force soon to oust Laurent Gbagbo.
The United Nations accused incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s security forces of continuing to block access to mass graves on Thursday.
The ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally-backed president Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that the UN had to act to prevent "genocide".
Presidents who met Côte d’Ivoire leader Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday to deliver an ultimatum to step down or face force said more meetings were needed.
A trio of West African leaders tried on Tuesday to persuade Côte d’Ivoire’s strongman Laurent Gbagbo to stand down.
An attempt by would-be Côte d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara to call a strike to force strongman Laurent Gbagbo from office appeared to fall flat.
Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara called on Sunday for a nationwide general strike that would shut the country down.
France asked its citizens to leave Côte d’Ivoire and the World Bank froze funding to the country on Wednesday, as a power struggle deepened.
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/ 19 December 2010
Côte d’Ivoire’s leader Laurent Gbagbo ordered the UN and French troops to leave the country but UN chief Ban Ki-moon is refusing to budge.
Allies of presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara have urged Ivorians to join a new march through Abidjan to seize the state broadcaster’s building.
Laurent Gbagbo wants to "sit down and talk" with his internationally backed rival for power in Côte d’Ivoire , reports say.
Former president Thabo Mbeki will on Tuesday hand a preliminary report on his emergency mission to Côte d’Ivoire to the chairman of the African Union