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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo defying the united nation
The outgoing president has demanded the departure of the 10 000 U.N peacekeepers and 900 French soldiers of the Licorne force – UN mandated but under French command, while the Gbagbo’s entourage has accused the “Westerners” of trying to “re-colonise” the Ivory Coast.
But the United Nations, acknowledging his rival as president, has said No, because Gbagbo has no more legitimacy to raise any requirement. Nonetheless, the Ivory Coast seems to be heading towards the abyss of a civil war. A military intervention could come from neighboring countries, not far from Abidjan, in supporting the “New Forces” of Ouattara’s prime Minister Soro. Laurent Gbagbo may yield to the sound of boots from Liberia, Ghana, and the city of Bouake, the stronghold of the “New Forces”; and bring down Laurent Gbagbo, who is still clinging to the power while the world is asking him to cede it to Alassane Ouattara, who was recognised by the United Nations and much of the international community as the winner of the November 28 presidential run-off. But mentally blocked by his defeat, Laurent Gbagbo became entrenched in the fiction he would have won the ballot as the Constitutional Council has declared. Now and due to the risk of “violence”, the UK has advised its nationals to leave the Ivory Coast. The U.S. ordered non-essential employees of its embassy and their families to leave also the country.