December 25, 2010

WEST AFRICAN PRESIDENTS TO TELL GBAGBO TO QUIT

Three West African presidents will fly to Ivory Coast Tuesday to enlighten incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force, Benin said Saturday, a sign of mounting regional strength of mind to force him out.


Gbagbo has so far resist calls to cede power to rival presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara after a November 28 ballot vote which African neighbors, the United Nations, the United States and the European Union all say Ouattara won.The United Nations said Saturday it had so far count 14,000 refugees fleeing Ivory Coast for neighboring Liberia since the vote, as fears mount that the dispute will rekindle a 2002-03 civil war.

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