The four heads of state sent by the African Union to Abidjan to try to resolve post-election conflict in Ivory Coast left the country after meeting with the protagonists of the crisis, without having obtained a solution. In a statement released to local media, the four governors, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Idriss Deby of Chad, the Tanzanian Jakaya Kikwete and Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, announced that they will meet in Nouakchott in the coming days address the situation.
Deby, Kikwete and Abdel Aziz returned to their countries, while Zuma returned to South Africa yesterday, after being booed and tossed his car by supporters of Alassane Ouattara, considered the president-elect of the Ivory Coast by the international community. Ouattara's followers accuse Zuma of South Africa and maintain an ambiguous stance on the conflict in Ivory Coast that favors Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to relinquish power despite losing the elections on Nov.
28, according to results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The four presidents, appointed by the African Summit late last January to resolve the conflict, met with Gbagbo and Ouattara. In principle, Ouattara Zuma refused to accept, but finally met with the commission and even held a bilateral meeting with South African president.
They also met with UN envoy and head of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, Choi Youn-jin, who certified the results of the November elections that gave the victory to Ouattara. They also had discussions with the Constitutional Council, comprising supporters of Gbagbo, which overturned nearly a million votes of seven districts in northern Ivory Coast, where Ouattara has massive support and gave the victory to Gbagbo.
The head of the committee chairpersons, the Mauritanian leader Abdel Aziz, said before leaving that even "we are not out of danger" in a country on the brink of war, where the south is under the control of Defence and Security Forces , who support Mr Gbagbo and northern former New Forces rebels, who were disarmed after the civil war (002-2007).
"We do not have a solution in our hands," said Abdel Aziz, before announcing they would meet in Nouakchott to assess the conflict. In recent days, several dozen people have been killed in the country in demonstrations organized by supporters of Ouattara to try to oust Gbagbo, rejected and isolated by the international community and the Economic Community of States West Africa (ECOWAS) has threatened with military intervention.
Today, in Abidjan, a tense calm reigned in some suburbs, especially where it has more support Ouattara, all activities were paralyzed. In Abobo, the greatest bulwark of Ouattara in Abidjan, were heard for hours, firing heavy weapons and a source considered supporters of the president-elect said there had been "dozens of deaths, although these data were not confirmed by source independent.
The Association of Hufuetistas for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) coalition supporting Ouattara, has announced that they will continue their demonstrations, "despite the repression," to oust Gbagbo. The RHDP has ensured that the vast majority of those killed in recent days have died as a result of shooting by members of the Defence and Security Forces, who support Mr Gbagbo in power. 
Deby, Kikwete and Abdel Aziz returned to their countries, while Zuma returned to South Africa yesterday, after being booed and tossed his car by supporters of Alassane Ouattara, considered the president-elect of the Ivory Coast by the international community. Ouattara's followers accuse Zuma of South Africa and maintain an ambiguous stance on the conflict in Ivory Coast that favors Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to relinquish power despite losing the elections on Nov.
28, according to results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The four presidents, appointed by the African Summit late last January to resolve the conflict, met with Gbagbo and Ouattara. In principle, Ouattara Zuma refused to accept, but finally met with the commission and even held a bilateral meeting with South African president.
They also met with UN envoy and head of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, Choi Youn-jin, who certified the results of the November elections that gave the victory to Ouattara. They also had discussions with the Constitutional Council, comprising supporters of Gbagbo, which overturned nearly a million votes of seven districts in northern Ivory Coast, where Ouattara has massive support and gave the victory to Gbagbo.
The head of the committee chairpersons, the Mauritanian leader Abdel Aziz, said before leaving that even "we are not out of danger" in a country on the brink of war, where the south is under the control of Defence and Security Forces , who support Mr Gbagbo and northern former New Forces rebels, who were disarmed after the civil war (002-2007).
"We do not have a solution in our hands," said Abdel Aziz, before announcing they would meet in Nouakchott to assess the conflict. In recent days, several dozen people have been killed in the country in demonstrations organized by supporters of Ouattara to try to oust Gbagbo, rejected and isolated by the international community and the Economic Community of States West Africa (ECOWAS) has threatened with military intervention.
Today, in Abidjan, a tense calm reigned in some suburbs, especially where it has more support Ouattara, all activities were paralyzed. In Abobo, the greatest bulwark of Ouattara in Abidjan, were heard for hours, firing heavy weapons and a source considered supporters of the president-elect said there had been "dozens of deaths, although these data were not confirmed by source independent.
The Association of Hufuetistas for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) coalition supporting Ouattara, has announced that they will continue their demonstrations, "despite the repression," to oust Gbagbo. The RHDP has ensured that the vast majority of those killed in recent days have died as a result of shooting by members of the Defence and Security Forces, who support Mr Gbagbo in power.
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