Ivory Coast Rebels Enter Sixth Western Town Since February
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Rebels in Ivory Coast who support Alassane Ouattara as president say they have entered the western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue, as they try to capture the sixth town in a month from security forces loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo.
“The fighting is quite serious,” said Lass Com, a spokesman for the rebel group, now known as Republican Forces of Ivory Coast and previously called the New Forces. The number of people killed in the fighting wasn’t yet known, Com said by phone from the town of Man.