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Ivory Coast's Ouattara says Gbagbo will not be taken by force

By Marco Chown Oved | 04/08/11
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president sought to assert control over the country and insisted blockades rather than violence would be used to oust his defiant predecessor from a subterranean last stand. In a te
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In Ivory Coast, Gbagbo denies surrender

By Marco Chown Oved | 04/06/11
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast's besieged strongman Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender from a bunker below his residence as opposition forces have closed in around him and his troops and generals have stopped fighting. French Prime
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Ivory Coast's 'Invisible Commandos' attack renegade president's strongholds

By Marco Chown Oved | 03/15/11
Fighters loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognized President-elect Alassane Ouattara advanced out of their strongholds in the West African nation's main city Monday. The self-described "Invisible Commandos" are now pressing the escalatin
Christian Science Monitor

Why the African Union may struggle to mediate in Ivory Coast

By Marco Chown Oved | 02/22/11
Hundreds of Young Patriots in multicolored soccer uniforms jogged and did jumping jacks in front of the Abidjan airport in Ivory Coast on Sunday.
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Gbagbo clings to power in Ivory Coast

By Marco Chown Oved | 01/04/11
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Confronted with charges of human rights abuses and a shortage of funds, Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has few friends left and is turning to increasingly unconventional measures to stay in power. Four African leaders c
Christian Science Monitor

Death squads reemerge in Ivory Coast as president contests election results

By Marco Chown Oved | 12/21/10
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — When the truckloads of heavily armed and masked men arrive, the women in this Abidjan neighborhood descend into the streets banging pots and pans. It's a community organized alarm system - often accompanied by barriers at