Ivory Coast (13 images)

Supporters of Laurent Ghagbo, former President of the Ivory Coast, demonstrated in front of Downing street protesting the involvement of France and the UN in the leadership struggles over the past months.

Alassane Ouattara won the November 2010 presidential election but was prevented from taking office after Laurent Gbagbo refused to give up power. Both men declared themselves the winner of the polls.
Months of political unrest and violence followed. An unknow number of...
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Supporters of Laurent Ghagbo, former President of the Ivory Coast, demonstrated in front of Downing street protesting the involvement of France and the UN in the leadership struggles over the past months.

Alassane Ouattara won the November 2010 presidential election but was prevented from taking office after Laurent Gbagbo refused to give up power. Both men declared themselves the winner of the polls.
Months of political unrest and violence followed. An unknow number of civilians were killded and more than 200,000 people fled from their homes in western Ivory Coast.

In April , Mr Gbagbo was arrested after a military raid on the presidential compound where he had based himself. He and the former first lady were put under house arrest awaiting trial,.

In May 2011, Alassane Ouattara was finally inaugurated as the president of Ivory Coast.

The Ivorian supporters of Gbagbo claim that he has been the victim of an imperialist plot and accuse President Sarkozy of France and the UN of backing the military coup in order to take control of the African state's resources.
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