Ivory Coast Talks Collapse As Gbagbo Plays For Time -- The Guardian
Laurent Gbagbo accuses France of assassination attempt amid fresh fighting and desperation on the streets of Abidjan
Ivory Coast's incumbent leader caught France and the rest of the world by surprise when he refused to surrender, accused Nicolas Sarkozy of an assassination plot, and defiantly held out as rebels attempted to storm his underground bunker.
French ministers had confidently predicted that Laurent Gbagbo could cede power within hours, ending the west African country's four-month crisis. A TV station run by his rival, Alassane Ouattara, played clips from Downfall, a German film about the final days of Adolf Hitler in his bunker in Berlin.
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Attack on Gbagbo bunker in Ivory Coast repelled -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Yahoo News/AP
Ouattara forces move in on Gbagbo in I. Coast showdown -- Yahoo News/AFP
Ivory Coast in Crisis: Abidjan's Horrific Endgame -- Time Magazine
Ouattara forces enter Gbagbo's Ivory Coast stronghold -- CNN
Gbagbo rejects all talk of surrender -- Financial Times
Gbagbo's compound attacked -- UPI
Ivorian eyewitness: Bodies on Abidjan's streets -- BBC
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo 'run out of time' -- The Telegraph
Ivory Coast leader’s home reported under attack -- Washington post
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Seattle PI
‘I Am Not a Kamikaze,’ Gbagbo Says From His Bunker -- The Lede, New York Times
More News On Ivory Coast's Civil War
Attack on Gbagbo bunker in Ivory Coast repelled -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Yahoo News/AP
Ouattara forces move in on Gbagbo in I. Coast showdown -- Yahoo News/AFP
Ivory Coast in Crisis: Abidjan's Horrific Endgame -- Time Magazine
Ouattara forces enter Gbagbo's Ivory Coast stronghold -- CNN
Gbagbo rejects all talk of surrender -- Financial Times
Gbagbo's compound attacked -- UPI
Ivorian eyewitness: Bodies on Abidjan's streets -- BBC
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo 'run out of time' -- The Telegraph
Ivory Coast leader’s home reported under attack -- Washington post
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Seattle PI
‘I Am Not a Kamikaze,’ Gbagbo Says From His Bunker -- The Lede, New York Times
Ouattara forces enter Gbagbo's Ivory Coast stronghold -- CNN
Gbagbo rejects all talk of surrender -- Financial Times
Gbagbo's compound attacked -- UPI
Ivorian eyewitness: Bodies on Abidjan's streets -- BBC
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo 'run out of time' -- The Telegraph
Ivory Coast leader’s home reported under attack -- Washington post
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Seattle PI
‘I Am Not a Kamikaze,’ Gbagbo Says From His Bunker -- The Lede, New York Times
Will France rue Cote d'Ivoire action? -- Al Jazeera
Ivory Coast's turbulent recent history -- Ivory Coast
Five key reasons Ivory Coast's election led to civil war -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
Anatomy of an Intervention: Why France Joined the U.N. Action in Abidjan -- Bruce Crumley, Time
Gbagbo rejects all talk of surrender -- Financial Times
Gbagbo's compound attacked -- UPI
Ivorian eyewitness: Bodies on Abidjan's streets -- BBC
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo 'run out of time' -- The Telegraph
Ivory Coast leader’s home reported under attack -- Washington post
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack -- Seattle PI
‘I Am Not a Kamikaze,’ Gbagbo Says From His Bunker -- The Lede, New York Times
Will France rue Cote d'Ivoire action? -- Al Jazeera
Ivory Coast's turbulent recent history -- Ivory Coast
Five key reasons Ivory Coast's election led to civil war -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
Anatomy of an Intervention: Why France Joined the U.N. Action in Abidjan -- Bruce Crumley, Time