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1 Ivory Coast: Ouattara camp urges force to oust Gbagbo
by Dave Clark, AFP
1 hr 7 mins ago
| ABIDJAN (AFP) – World powers turned the screw on defiant Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday seeking new peacekeeping troops as his Ivorian opponents urged military action to oust him.
The United States said it was in talks with Ivory Coast’s neighbours about mustering UN reinforcements, and the World Bank said it had agreed with these West African capitals to halt loans to the regime. The new pressure on Gbagbo came after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Ivory Coast faces “a real risk of a return to civil war” unless Gbagbo stands down and hands power to his rival Alassane Ouattara. |
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