Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been placed under house arrest, said President Alassane Ouattara’s Government.

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Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's forces, backed by French and UN troops, captured his besieged rival Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan on Monday at the climax of a deadly months-long crisis.

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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday that Ivory Coast besieged strongman Laurent Gbagbo's departure was inevitable, although he could not say if it was a matter of hours or days.

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Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo was on Tuesday negotiating his surrender as rival forces laid siege to his residence in Abidjan, French leaders said.

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The streets of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan were deserted Sunday while fighting abated near bastions of strongman Laurent Gbagbo after a four-day assault by rival forces, residents and journ

Abidjan: The African Union's mediator in Ivory Coast's presidential stand-off said on Monday he had made progress in talks with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and that negotiations were expected to continue

ABUJA: The Ivory Coast crisis remains deadlocked, the leader of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Tuesday, as talks were under way to press strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down as preside