Ouattara forces fight Gbagbo loyalists, seize state TV station
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Tim Cocks | China Daily | Updated: 2011-04-02 07:51
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Guillaume Soro, Cote d'Ivoire presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara's prime minister, addresses troops in Yamoussoukro, the country's capital, on Thursday. Ouattara said incumbent Laurent Gbagbo had just hours left in power. Emmanuel Braun / Reuters |
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara's forces battled loyalists of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo on Friday after attacking his Abidjan residence and seizing control of Cote d'Ivoire's state television, a Ouattara spokesman said.
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