Gbagbo Negotiates Exit as Ivory Coast’s Army Surrenders
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Forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo surrendered and the former president began to negotiate his exit from power with the United Nations, a day after French and UN forces bombed his last strongholds in the commercial capital, Abidjan.
Gbagbo was bunkered in a basement with his family and ready to surrender, Choi Young-jin, the head of the UN’s mission in the West African nation, said in an interview on Al Jazeera today. Earlier, troops backing rival Alassane Ouattara captured most of Abidjan.