The former Ivorian rebel New Forces (FN), combined with Alassane Ouattara, has taken the town of Toulepleu Sunday in the west, the forces of President Laurent Gbagbo out after heavy fighting, said local elected officials and FN. "There was fierce fighting in Toulepleu," said local elected officials. "The rebels outnumbered our young people, who defend the city and had to make a tactical withdrawal", they said.
"The town is completely controlled by the FN," said a source in the headquarters of the former rebellion. A fighter in the FN zone said his camp was now the town of Blolequin, further east. Large city near the border with Liberia, Toulépleu is located in the southern zone remained under the control of President Laurent Gbagbo after the failed putsch of 2002, after which the rebellion, later called New Forces, took the northern countries.
Residents of border villages in Liberia indicated that fire had resounded in the night from Saturday to Sunday, and wounded soldiers crossed the border to receive care. For about two weeks, fighting has resumed in the west between Defence Forces and Security (FDS) M. Gbagbo, backed by militias and elements FN, raising fears of a resumption of fighting on the frontlines of 2002-2003.
Last week, insurgents have taken control of two smaller towns near the Liberian border, Zouan-Hounien and Bin Houin. The panel of African Union on the Ivorian crisis demanded "an immediate halt to the killings" and protests that could "degenerate into disorder and violence." Over 370 people were killed in violence since late 2010, the UN says.
These fights have amplified the exodus of locals to Liberia, while tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees have already done since the beginning of the crisis between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, recognized by the President-elect international community after the November ballot.
Before the recent outbreak of violence in the west and in Abidjan, the Security Council of the United Nations said feared a "resurgence of civil war." In Abidjan, in the district pro-Ouattara Abobo (north), where SDS fighting armed insurgents accused by Gbagbo's camp to be FN heavy fire with Kalashnikovs in particular, were heard on Sunday afternoon, residents said.
Moreover, an adviser to Mr. Ouattara, Amadou Coulibaly, told the that "some twenty houses of ministers and supporters of Mr. Ouattara had been looted in recent days." He blamed "young supporters of Mr. Gbagbo accompanied by FDS, "saying based on testimony from neighbors. In addition, the state-owned daily Fraternité-Matin, controlled by Gbagbo's camp, was shot Saturday night by a rocket, but no building has been hit and there were no injuries, officials said from the editor. 
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"The town is completely controlled by the FN," said a source in the headquarters of the former rebellion. A fighter in the FN zone said his camp was now the town of Blolequin, further east. Large city near the border with Liberia, Toulépleu is located in the southern zone remained under the control of President Laurent Gbagbo after the failed putsch of 2002, after which the rebellion, later called New Forces, took the northern countries.
Residents of border villages in Liberia indicated that fire had resounded in the night from Saturday to Sunday, and wounded soldiers crossed the border to receive care. For about two weeks, fighting has resumed in the west between Defence Forces and Security (FDS) M. Gbagbo, backed by militias and elements FN, raising fears of a resumption of fighting on the frontlines of 2002-2003.
Last week, insurgents have taken control of two smaller towns near the Liberian border, Zouan-Hounien and Bin Houin. The panel of African Union on the Ivorian crisis demanded "an immediate halt to the killings" and protests that could "degenerate into disorder and violence." Over 370 people were killed in violence since late 2010, the UN says.
These fights have amplified the exodus of locals to Liberia, while tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees have already done since the beginning of the crisis between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, recognized by the President-elect international community after the November ballot.
Before the recent outbreak of violence in the west and in Abidjan, the Security Council of the United Nations said feared a "resurgence of civil war." In Abidjan, in the district pro-Ouattara Abobo (north), where SDS fighting armed insurgents accused by Gbagbo's camp to be FN heavy fire with Kalashnikovs in particular, were heard on Sunday afternoon, residents said.
Moreover, an adviser to Mr. Ouattara, Amadou Coulibaly, told the that "some twenty houses of ministers and supporters of Mr. Ouattara had been looted in recent days." He blamed "young supporters of Mr. Gbagbo accompanied by FDS, "saying based on testimony from neighbors. In addition, the state-owned daily Fraternité-Matin, controlled by Gbagbo's camp, was shot Saturday night by a rocket, but no building has been hit and there were no injuries, officials said from the editor.
- International Crisis Group : Côte d'Ivoire: Is War the Only Option? (03/03/2011)
- Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara takes human rights case to Hague (28/02/2011)
- Ivorian politicians' houses looted - Aljazeera.net (06/03/2011)
- 7 women killed in pro-Ouattara march - Xinhua (04/03/2011)
- "Cote d’Ivoire inches towards civil war again" and related posts (07/03/2011)
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