20101210
africanews

After ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States], the African Union [AU] on Thursday suspended the Ivory Coast from all its activities until democratic order is restored in the West African country, according to a statement released by the regional bloc's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra and published by AFP.

20101207
RFI

West African bloc Ecowas on Tuesday suspended Côte d'Ivoire and called on incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to "yield power without delay."

20101207
allAfrica.com

President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire rebuffed an offer by the United States to save face and become a respected elder statesman of Africa, choosing instead a "path to isolation" by clinging to power, according to senior U.S. officials who spoke by telephone to AllAfrica.

20101207
africanews

Ivory Coast talisman Didier Drogba is to join top football stars Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane in the 8th Annual Match Against Poverty to be held on 14 December, at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.

20101207
africanews

The United Nations is moving non-essential staff out of the West African country, Ivory Coast, following the state's disputed presidential election. Some 460 staff would continue to carry out their duties from the Gambia, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

20101206
africanews

The political impasse in the Ivory Coast exacerbated on Sunday after incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and elected President Alassane Ouattara both named their PMs and cabinet ministers, spurning the mediation of former South Africa President Thambo Mbeki, who arrived in the West African country Sunday morning as special envoy of the African Union.

20101204
RSF

Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that a climate of hostility towards the French news media is being encouraged by Côte d'Ivoire's state-owned radio and TV stations and certain privately-owned newspapers in Abidjan that support President Laurent Gbagbo, such as Le Temps and Notre Voie.

20101205
This Day

Former president of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, tried to intervene yesterday in Cote d'Ivoire's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president, raising fears the country could again be divided in two.

20101205
africanews

Alassane Ouattara had sworn himself in as Cote d'Ivoire new president on Saturday following Laurent Gbagbo's official swearing-in ceremony, according to RFI English version. Ouattara's camp called Gbagbo's swearing-in ceremony "illegal" and said they would not recognise him as head of state.

20101204
africanews

There was gunfire in Abidjan on Saturday as tension escalated following the standoff between Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo, the contenders in Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election second round run-off. Residents reported gunfire in several parts of the city and Ouattara supporters began to burn tyres and build barricades.

20101204
africanews

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo was invested by midday on Saturday as the fifth president of the Ivory Coast amid calls on him from the international community to accept defeat from the November 28 run-off, which gave victory to his rival ex-PM Alassane Ouattara with 54.10%, as announced by the election commission (CEI).

20101204
africanews

Ivorians woke up Saturday morning with two presidents: one is incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, supposedly beaten in the November 28 run-off but confirmed as winner by the Constitutional Council on Friday. The other is ex-PM Alassane Ouattara, who was declared winner on Thursday by the chairman of the election commission (CEI) with a 54.09% score, which was annulled hours later by the Constitutional Council, but was confirmed some hours later by the special representative of UNs Secretary General.

20101204
africanews

US President Barrack Obama joined other world leaders to congratulate the controversial winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election and called on incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to accept defeat. The electoral body declared Alassane Ouattara winner with 54.1 percent of votes, but the announcement was overturned by the country's Constitutional Council.

20101203
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast refused on Friday to approve Laurent Gbagbo's re-election as president on Friday, saying the true results showed his rival Alassane Ouattara was the victor.

20101203
africanews

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast refused on Friday to approve Laurent Gbagbo's re-election as president on Friday, saying the true results showed his rival Alassane Ouattara was the victor.

20101203
IRIN

People across Abidjan shuttered shops and offices and rushed home fearing violence after the Constitutional Council on 3 December declared Laurent Gbagbo winner of Côte d'Ivoire's presidential election - nullifying provisional results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) the previous day.

20101203
allAfrica.com

Cote d'Ivoire's Constitutional Council has overturned poll results announced by the nation's electoral commission and declared President Laurent Gbagbo the winner Sunday's election, reports said.

20101203
africanews

The military in the Ivory Coast closed that country's borders with its neighbours and blocked foreign media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. "The air, land and sea border of the country are closed to all movement of people and goods," Ivorian military spokesman Babri Gohourou said.

20101129
africanews

Two people were killed during Ivory Coast second round presidential run-off held on Sunday, bringing the number of deaths in the days leading to the polls to six, after three opposition rioters lost their lives on Saturday in Abidjan and one pro-incumbent president militant was reported killed in the hinterland.

20101127
RFI

The president of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, imposed a curfew on the country, starting Saturday. His opponent, former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara, has denounced the curfew as unconstitutional. The curfew is being imposed the night before the second round of the presidential election, whose campaign has already been violent.