"Laurent Gbagbo has blood on his hands. He has ordered the assassination of foreign agents citizens," he assured Alassane Ouattara, the winning candidate in the November 28 elections in Ivory Coast and continues to be held at a hotel in Abidjan to waiting for the current president, Laurent Gbagbo, left office."Of course I have proof. I have written to UN Secretary General to ask the International Criminal Court sent an investigation team. I have said that would be done in the coming days," he told radio station Europe 1. Ouattara has also encouraged international powers to tighten economic sanctions already imposed travel bans and Gbagbo and his staff.
But the outgoing president, for the moment, does not yield. Moreover, it has been calling for UN forces to leave Ivory Coast. In vain. The UN announced on Wednesday to send 1,000 to 2,000 more soldiers to join the 10,000 already deployed in the African country. Ouattara has also called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be true to his warning of military intervention if Gbagbo does not deliver the power to run a complicated bet.
Meanwhile, the trickle of deaths continues. Munzu Simon, head of the UN in Abidjan, said that violence has caused 210 fatalities since the election day. Human rights groups have reported the presence of Liberian mercenaries under the command of Gbagbo and the UN has criticized hooded defeated the president's orders prevent access to the places where, according to UN suspected, there are two mass graves.
In the neighborhood of Abobo, northwest of Abidjan, know something about this outbreak of violence. Abobo is made of mud and scrap metal, and on the sidewalks there are hundreds of machine shops fitted with four sticks and a tin roof, makeshift tents in excess of shopkeepers and parasols made of black plastic.
It is a poor, Muslim, where almost everyone supports Ouattara. From this came the demonstration that ended December 16 thirty shot dead by police Gbagbo. Thousands of people took to the road for a journey of three hours walk to the headquarters of state television, which was accused of using and spreading propaganda about the election results manipulated.
"We did not get very far," says Bacari of "thirty-odd years." The interview with Banking and his colleague Ahmed, two car mechanics, takes place inside a car because they fear attracting too much attention if he is seen talking to a reporter. "We're all very nervous from what happened. Gbagbo militias enter through the night in Abobo and take you to the police station for questioning.
Some have returned but others do not," he says. "I left that day at half past seven. It was a peaceful demonstration. None wore guns, as people have said Gbagbo. It was shot in the first police station here on the way out, but still. A little later we ran into a stronger checkpoint. They were mercenaries.
They were not here. They started shooting and people ran away. Two of my colleagues died at my side. When I came here I told my brother had died in another part of the demonstration. " Nabi, 32 years and a member of the party of Ouattara (RHDP), was reported a few days ago by a man who lives very close to home.
He was accused of having weapons. "The police came at three in the morning to register. They found nothing and left. I know who I reported. Here it is, without proof and someone will give your name. Mine have been because organized debates in the bar over there. In the evening we meet to drink tea and discuss politics, "said Nabi.
Nabi and colleagues discuss the immediate future of Ivory Coast. Believe that Gbagbo leave soon, but hope that the international community would take the position that clings still president. "Nobody wants an immediate military intervention. This is only the last option. But Gbagbo must leave because she laughed at the institutions," he says Nabi.
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