Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Saturday.
UN says killings it is investigating in the west of Côte d’Ivoire appear to have been at least partly ethnically motivated.
Laurent Gbagbo will not step down despite being besieged and trapped in a bunker under his Abidjan residence, one of his advisors said on Friday.
Enough was enough. The UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire had been taking a hammering in recent days.
Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara has called for an end to sanctions and sought to return the war-torn country to normal.
The Republican Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, are in the final stages of a violent showdown in the capital, Abidjan.
Ivorian leader and former president Laurent Gbagbo wanted to use the South African embassy in Abidjan as a possible venue to negotiate his exit.
More gunfire shook Côte d’Ivoire’s main city on Thursday but Laurent Gbagbo remained holed up in his bunker, protected by about 200 men.
French forces hit vehicles belonging to troops loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo during a mission that rescued Japan’s ambassador on Thursday.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara laid siege to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s residence on Thursday.
South Africa is a likely safe haven for Côte d’Ivoire’s besieged Laurent Gbagbo should he negotiate an exit from his country, AU sources say.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court plans to launch a formal probe into alleged mass killings in Côte d’Ivoire.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara have gone to "fetch" his rival Laurent Gbagbo from a bunker where he is holed up.
South Africa’s ambassador and embassy staff were in the process of being evacuated from the Côte d’Ivoire’s capital Abidjan.
Laurent Gbagbo may be on his way out in Côte d’Ivoire but Alassane Ouattara will inherit a divided country, an unsolved massacre and chaos in Abidjan.
France said on Tuesday that negotiations were under way for the exit of Laurent Gbagbo from Côte d’Ivoire, saying the strife could be over in hours.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender, a diplomat said on Tuesday after UN and French forces bombarded military sites.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential claimant launched a major assault on the presidential palace on Tuesday.
UN and French forces in Côte d’Ivoire have fired on strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s barracks and palace as his rival waged an all-out attack to unseat him.
Forces backing Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara began a fresh assault to remove Laurent Gbagbo from his last stronghold in Abidjan on Monday.
Hundreds of troops loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara are waiting to launch what they say will be the final assault on Abidjan.
At least 800 people were killed in violence in the western Ivorian town of Duekoue this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
Rebel forces in Côte d’Ivoire have laid siege to the presidential palace as president Laurent Gbagbo made a last stand.
Fighters loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara attacked the residence of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan early on Friday.
Escalating conflict has generated humanitarian catastrophe, writes <b>David Smith</b>.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara said his fighters were "at the gates" of Abidjan on Thursday after an advance aimed at unseating Laurent Gbagbo.
Forces backing Alassane Ouattara captured key cities on Wednesday and warned rival Laurent Gbagbo they would march on his stronghold.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara reached the country’s official capital.
Fighting broke out on Wednesday between forces loyal to internationally recognised Côte d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara and rival’s troops.
Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara advanced on Tuesday to within 200km of the two main port cities.
Fighters backing the Côte d’Ivoire’s internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday seized a sixth town.
Fighters backing internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara on Monday attacked the strategic western Côte d’Ivoire town of Duekoue.