Ivory Coast Orders U.N. Out for Role in Election
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish power after a recent election, ordered all United Nations peacekeepers to leave Ivory Coast immediately. The United Nations — along with the African Union, the United States and the European Union — endorsed his challenger, Alassane Ouattara, as the winner in that election. United Nations peacekeepers have been providing protection at the hotel where Mr. Ouattara has tried to govern. On Saturday, Mr. Gbagbo called the United Nations an “agent of destabilization” that had taken sides in the election. The United Nations did not immediately respond to Mr….
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Ivory Coast Orders U.N. Out for Role in Election
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish power after a recent election, ordered all United Nations peacekeepers to leave Ivory Coast immediately. The United Nations — along with the African Union, the United States and the European Union — endorsed his challenger, Alassane Ouattara, as the winner in that election. United Nations peacekeepers have been providing protection at the hotel where Mr. Ouattara has tried to govern. On Saturday, Mr. Gbagbo called the United Nations an “agent of destabilization” that had taken sides in the election. The United Nations did not immediately respond to Mr….
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