Of heavy gunfire were heard early Monday, March 14, Abidjan in the southern district of Yopougon, a bastion of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo out, witnesses said. In this western area of \u200b\u200bthe city, the shooting was reported particularly in the area of \u200b\u200bYopougon-Kut, a traditional village known to be that of General Philippe Mangou, Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces and Security (FDS) loyal to Gbagbo.
Around 5 am (GMT), "we were awakened by heavy gunfire, followed by shots of Kalash," he told a resident of the area. "We're lying, we can not even get out," she said, without clarifying the origin of fire. Another resident spoke of "shelling from Kalach," which continued into the early morning, and another said that the shots came from the southern entrance to the neighborhood, south of the village of Yopougon-Kut .
This is the first time that heavy gunfire were reported in this stronghold of Mr Gbagbo since the beginning of the post-election crisis between the outgoing president Alassane Ouattara, President-elect acknowledged by the community intrnationale. Dozens of people fled Sunday neighborhood of Abobo, Abidjan, in the aftermath of shootouts between forces loyal to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and leaving supporters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
The United Nations estimates 200 000 people who left Abobo fortnight. If the forces of Mr. Gbagbo Saturday launched an assault to expel Abobo supporters of Alassane Ouattara, residents reported Sunday that the opposition supporters still controlled many areas of the neighborhood. Four hundred people were killed in the violence that followed the second round of presidential elections on November 28.
Sunday, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, a close Laurent Gbagbo rejected a proposal Friday in Addis Ababa by a group of heads of state mandated by the African Union and of forming a national unity government led by Alassane Ouattara. Laurent Gbagbo had declined the invitation to visit the Ethiopian capital to defend his record.
Noting the failure of mediation attempts by the Heads of State, the AU finally demanded that Alassane Ouattara is installed in his functions as head of the Ivorian state. Mr. Ouattara returned Sunday in Addis Ababa after a detour in Nigeria, said his spokesman, Patrick Achi. Laurent Gbagbo, in power since 2000, refuses to give his presidential chair on the grounds that his victory in the second round of the presidential election of November 28 was confirmed by a Constitutional Council which was granted.
The UN, however, certified the victory of his rival, also recognized by the AU and the Economic Community of West African States West and by the major Western powers like the United States and France, the former colonial power. 
Around 5 am (GMT), "we were awakened by heavy gunfire, followed by shots of Kalash," he told a resident of the area. "We're lying, we can not even get out," she said, without clarifying the origin of fire. Another resident spoke of "shelling from Kalach," which continued into the early morning, and another said that the shots came from the southern entrance to the neighborhood, south of the village of Yopougon-Kut .
This is the first time that heavy gunfire were reported in this stronghold of Mr Gbagbo since the beginning of the post-election crisis between the outgoing president Alassane Ouattara, President-elect acknowledged by the community intrnationale. Dozens of people fled Sunday neighborhood of Abobo, Abidjan, in the aftermath of shootouts between forces loyal to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and leaving supporters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
The United Nations estimates 200 000 people who left Abobo fortnight. If the forces of Mr. Gbagbo Saturday launched an assault to expel Abobo supporters of Alassane Ouattara, residents reported Sunday that the opposition supporters still controlled many areas of the neighborhood. Four hundred people were killed in the violence that followed the second round of presidential elections on November 28.
Sunday, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, a close Laurent Gbagbo rejected a proposal Friday in Addis Ababa by a group of heads of state mandated by the African Union and of forming a national unity government led by Alassane Ouattara. Laurent Gbagbo had declined the invitation to visit the Ethiopian capital to defend his record.
Noting the failure of mediation attempts by the Heads of State, the AU finally demanded that Alassane Ouattara is installed in his functions as head of the Ivorian state. Mr. Ouattara returned Sunday in Addis Ababa after a detour in Nigeria, said his spokesman, Patrick Achi. Laurent Gbagbo, in power since 2000, refuses to give his presidential chair on the grounds that his victory in the second round of the presidential election of November 28 was confirmed by a Constitutional Council which was granted.
The UN, however, certified the victory of his rival, also recognized by the AU and the Economic Community of West African States West and by the major Western powers like the United States and France, the former colonial power.
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