They're threatening forced removal if the disputed leader doesn't step down today.
As the Liberian president addresses postwar issues, regular women find strength to move on.
(Wall Street Journal) — Forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast were trying to “starve” U.N. peacekeepers into “submission” by blocking their supplies at border crossings, as the West African nation slid into a “real risk of a return to civil war,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. In an address […]
(AP) — The two candidates in Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election took dueling oaths of office Saturday after each claimed victory, as the political crisis spiraled out of control and renewed unrest in this country once split in two by civil war. Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo defied calls from the United States, France and the […]