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Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo arrested

04/11/2011 9:10 am 0 comments

Source: CNN

Laurent Gbagbo, the self-declared president of Ivory Coast, was arrested Monday, according to Ivorian, French and U.N. sources.

Gbagbo “is well and alive and will be brought to justice,” said Youssoufou Bamba, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations.

Gbagbo’s refusal to accept that he lost a presidential election to Alassane Ouattara last year plunged the cocoa-producing West African nation into civil war.

He was arrested “to stop these killings, this fighting,” Bamba said, adding that he thinks the conflict will stop as news of Gbagbo’s capture spreads.

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