Government-in-waiting targeted amid fears of civil war over rival claims to presidency President Alassane Ouattara remains under UN guard with his cabinet. Photograph: Sia Kambou/AFP Police backed by gangs of youths have ransacked at least 10 houses belonging to ministers and other allies of the internationally recognised president of Ivory Coast, according to witnesses. The raids came amid worsening tensions between Alassane Ouattara and the sitting president, Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to step down has pushed the west African country to the brink of civil war….
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