Ivory Coast fighting threatens 6-year ceasefire
MARCO CHOWN OVED Associated Press= ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Heavy fighting in Ivory Coast over the country’s disputed election may auger a return to civil war, the United Nations warned Thursday as clashes raged in Abidjan and in western regions of the country. Residents reported automatic arms fire Thursday morning in the Abobo district of Abidjan, the commercial capital, after three days of heavy fighting between police forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power, and a force calling itself the “invisible commandos,” believed to include former rebels. Hundreds of people fled Abobo on Thursday on foot on the main road leading from the neighborhood, some…
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