Clashes between forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo and leaving supporters of Alassane Ouattara took at least one dead and dozens injured Monday, February 21 in Abidjan, where four African presidents were trying to resolve the election crisis in Côte d'Ivoire . A panel of the African Union (AU) on the crisis resulting from the presidential election in November, Idriss Deby (Chad), Jikaya Kikwete (Tanzania), Jacob Zuma (South Africa) and Mohamed Aziz OuldAbdel (Mauritania) began their discussions by meeting Monday afternoon Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential palace.
In the wake of a meeting in Mauritania, the panel was to submit to Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, President acknowledged by much of the international community, including the AU, proposals to end by 28 February to solutions " binding "on the parties. Ex-mediator Ivorian peace process (2007-2010), Blaise Compaore (Burkina Faso) is a member of the panel but it is disputed by the Gbagbo camp who accused him of being pro-Ouattara.
Burkinabe President has not made the trip, ostensibly for "security reasons". Abidjan is experiencing a resurgence of tension since the weekend, especially in the pro-Ouattara neighborhood of Abobo, where at least three protesters on board were killed Saturday by the Defence Forces and Security (FDS) loyal to his rival .
On Monday, a civilian was killed in the neighborhood of Treichville FDS when fired live ammunition to disperse youths who had erected barricades made of tables and burning tires, residents said. A dozen injured, some by gunfire, were admitted to a private clinic in Treichville. At Kumasi and again in Abobo, FDS also fired to disperse youths who wanted to get together, witnesses said.
Kumasi was the scene of particularly violent clashes. The SDS has reported three deaths in their ranks in two weeks, including two Sunday, and two wounded, and denounced the call for a "revolution" launched by the Egyptian camp Ouattara. Laurent Gbagbo had responded to this slogan by declaring this weekend a night curfew in the southern half of the country under its control since 2002.
In this climate of tension in Abidjan was idling in some neighborhoods, like the Plateau (administration and business), deserted, and in many neighborhoods of shops were closed. The task of the mediators is very difficult, neither rivals seemed ready to yield as the crisis has already claimed at least 300 people died in violence since mid-December, the UN says. 
In the wake of a meeting in Mauritania, the panel was to submit to Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, President acknowledged by much of the international community, including the AU, proposals to end by 28 February to solutions " binding "on the parties. Ex-mediator Ivorian peace process (2007-2010), Blaise Compaore (Burkina Faso) is a member of the panel but it is disputed by the Gbagbo camp who accused him of being pro-Ouattara.
Burkinabe President has not made the trip, ostensibly for "security reasons". Abidjan is experiencing a resurgence of tension since the weekend, especially in the pro-Ouattara neighborhood of Abobo, where at least three protesters on board were killed Saturday by the Defence Forces and Security (FDS) loyal to his rival .
On Monday, a civilian was killed in the neighborhood of Treichville FDS when fired live ammunition to disperse youths who had erected barricades made of tables and burning tires, residents said. A dozen injured, some by gunfire, were admitted to a private clinic in Treichville. At Kumasi and again in Abobo, FDS also fired to disperse youths who wanted to get together, witnesses said.
Kumasi was the scene of particularly violent clashes. The SDS has reported three deaths in their ranks in two weeks, including two Sunday, and two wounded, and denounced the call for a "revolution" launched by the Egyptian camp Ouattara. Laurent Gbagbo had responded to this slogan by declaring this weekend a night curfew in the southern half of the country under its control since 2002.
In this climate of tension in Abidjan was idling in some neighborhoods, like the Plateau (administration and business), deserted, and in many neighborhoods of shops were closed. The task of the mediators is very difficult, neither rivals seemed ready to yield as the crisis has already claimed at least 300 people died in violence since mid-December, the UN says.
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