# laurent-gbagbo - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Gbagbo refused to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara after losing last year’s election, sparking violent divisions in the country.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Monday 3 October, 2011
At least 3,000 people are believed to have died in the months of violence that took place following disputed elections last year.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 28 September, 2011
# laurent-gbagbo - Friday 19 August, 2011
Laurent Gbagbo and his wife have been charged with armed robbery, looting, embezzlement and more.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Saturday 21 May, 2011
Alassane Ouattara was elected in November, but outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede power. Six months of bloody fighting ensued, leaving hundreds dead.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Tuesday 12 April, 2011
Alassane Ouattara formally takes power – and asks his country to remain calm during the first days of his tenure.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Monday 11 April, 2011
The Ivory Coast’s disputed president is detained by French forces who then handed him over to pro-Ouattara opposition.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Sunday 10 April, 2011
A leading human rights group has claimed that forces loyal to the democratically elected president have killed and raped civilians in the western part of Ivory Coast.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Friday 8 April, 2011
The country’s UN recognised president has said he will set about normalising life in the “corpse strewn, terrorised” capital of Abidjan.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 6 April, 2011
The incumbent president has refused to cede power to Alassane Ouattara, who was elected to the role last year.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Tuesday 5 April, 2011
President who had maintained a hold on power despite appearing to lose the election last year reported to be asking UN for protection.
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The Ivory Coast’s ambassador to France – appointed by de facto president Alassane Ouattara – believes the game is up.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Monday 4 April, 2011
French-led forces continue their bid to oust the incumbent president, who refuses to cede power despite losing elections.
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Days of violent clashes in the city of Abidjan have led to calls for a “rapid offensive” by the prime minister of the country’s internationally recognised president, as troops loyal to the incumbent begin to lose ground.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Sunday 3 April, 2011
Hundreds upon hundreds of people have been reported dead as a three months of violence continues in the battle for the city of Abidjan, the commercial capital and seat of power of Ivory Coast.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Saturday 2 April, 2011
The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 800 people were massacred this week alone in Ivory Coast, as strongman Laurent Gbagbo continues to cling to power.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Friday 1 April, 2011
Mr Gbagbo has refused to give up the presidency despite the fact the Ivory Coast’s citizens elected Alassane Outtara to the role last November.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
Ivorian refugees have been pouring into neighbouring Liberia to escape violence.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 9 March, 2011
EU sanctions mean cocoa beans can’t be exported to their markets, but Ivory Coast’s cocoa board is now threatening to seize what isn’t exported.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
Meanwhile, women take to the streets of Abidjan to protests against violence which killed at least seven unarmed woman last week.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Monday 7 March, 2011
Observers fear that full-blown civil war will erupt in the country, as protests against defiant strongman Laurent Gbagbo continue.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Thursday 3 March, 2011
Violent street fighting, sparked by the refusal of the sitting president to relinquish power, has killed scores of people and spread fears that the country may slide back to civil war.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 2 March, 2011
Over half a dozen newspapers say staff have received physical threats for weeks. Meanwhile, MSF says freezing state accounts will have disastrous effect on medical system.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Tuesday 1 March, 2011
UN refugee agency receiving increasing reports of violence and death amid the political uncertainty in Ivory Coast.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Friday 25 February, 2011
Tens of thousands of refugees are said to have fled into neighbouring Liberia as the violence worsens.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Thursday 24 February, 2011
The latest violence could bring about the end of the country’s six-year ceasefire.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Wednesday 29 December, 2010
Nine things you really need to know this morning: Water, water everywhere; a 31-year-old is injured in a Clondalkin shooting, and a drop in 2010 tourism.
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# laurent-gbagbo - Saturday 25 December, 2010
What you need to know: 300 passengers trapped on board a cancelled flight for seven hours, a false alarm at the Embassy in Rome, and the visit of a certain man in red.
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