Alassane Ouattara rejected president incumbent Laurent Gbagbo’s charges that his camp was behind deadly unrest in parts of Abidjan.
Parts of Abidjan were under a curfew imposed by Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday.
Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s party on Tuesday rejected an offer from the man deemed to have beaten him to the presidency.
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Security forces loyal Laurent Gbagbo opened fire on a neighbourhood where supporters of Alassane Ouattara said they had killed two police officers.
The UN should consider expanding sanctions on Côte d’Ivoire to target Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to resign as president after a disputed poll.
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo ended a day of mediation in Côte d’Ivoire’s crisis, saying he was optimistic it could be resolved.
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Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s stand-off with the world intensified on Friday after Britain and Canada rejected his expulsion of their envoys.
Gbagbo’s government said it was expelling the British and Canadian envoys from Côte d’Ivoire, as the countries no longer accepted his ambassadors.
Laurent Gbagbo’s government said it was expelling the British and Canadian envoys from Côte d’Ivoire, as countries stopped accepting his ambassadors.
The United Nations wants between 1 000 and 2 000 additional peacekeepers for Côte d’Ivoire.
Military intervention in Côte d’Ivoire will not necessarily trigger a civil war, presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday.
Ivorian security forces on Wednesday maintained a near total blockade of the hotel where presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up.
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.
Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a resolution to the crisis gripping the nation, mediators said on Tuesday.
The Côte d’Ivoire crisis remains deadlocked, the leader of the Ecowas West African regional bloc said on Tuesday.
African mediators flew in to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday in their bid to get President Laurent Gbagbo to stand down following disputed polls.
The United Nations said it will do everything it can to locate areas where human rights abuses have allegedly occurred in Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo told his presidential rival on Saturday not to expect foreign troops to install him in power by force.
In a divided nation of 21-million, the UN has expressed alarm at human rights abuses and there are fears of a civil war
West African countries are holding off on threats to use force to push Laurent Gbagbo out of office but military chiefs are mapping out a strategy.
UN advisers expressed grave fears on Thursday about ethnic violence in Côte d’Ivoire after its disputed presidential election.
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.
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Three West African presidents will fly to Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force.
West African leaders decided to meet for emergency talks on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire as strongman Laurent Gbagbo resists calls to step aside.
The United Nations has demanded a halt to the "atrocities" triggered by Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis that have left 173 dead.
The UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire confirmed international peacekeepers met heavily-armed fighters who spoke English and said they were Liberian.
United Nations human rights officials said on Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed in Côte d’Ivoire in the past week.
The international community may bolster the UN force in Côte d’Ivoire to head off any potential challenge by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo.
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.