Ivory Coast Leader Accuses Rival Of Plotting Coup As Civil War Looms -- The Guardian
President Gbagbo defies the voters as he claims foreign powers are conspiring to oust him by force
Fears of civil war in Ivory Coast grew yesterday after the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, used his new year message to claim that foreign powers were conspiring with his internationally recognised rival, Alassane Ouattara, to oust him.
Gbagbo ignored a new year deadline set by Ouattara to quit unconditionally, and told a television audience on Friday evening: "It is an attempted coup d'état under the banner of the international community. I remain in the position to which the Ivorian people put me through their vote. We do not wish to cede."
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