Burning barricades in the Abobo district in the economic capital Abidjan paralyzed by a political stalemate in the Ivory Coast, the camp of the internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara was obviously a military decision. For days, the economic capital Abidjan scene of nightly battles between government troops, who had been voted the President Laurent Gbagbo are Muslims, and rebels from the north of the country, fighting for Ouattara.
The Abidjan district of Abobo, is in the fighting sporadically for several weeks, now seems to be in the hands of the rebels who control since the outbreak of civil war in 2002 the north of the country and call themselves since the peace treaty of 2007 "Forces Nouvelles". So far as "invisible command" designated units of the rebels now have a face: Ibrahim Coulibaly, a deserting soldier Ivorian, who was at the outbreak of the rebellion in 2002 a key role is to open in Abobo.
On the night of Monday to Tuesday heavily armed attackers tried to storm the barracks of the CRS riot police in the district Adjamé. Previously the residence of the commander in chief of the Ivorian armed forces, General Philippe Mangou been taken in the district Yopougon under fire. Significance of these two attacks is that both Adjamé and Yopougon considered strongholds of Gbagbo, the rebels are moving there nevertheless without difficulty.
Gbagbo had on Tuesday ordered the commander of the armed services to report to assure himself of their loyalty. This suggests that in fact military personnel have deserted, as the rebels claim for some time. For the evening had Gbagbo, who has refused all appeals to the contrary, to withdraw, "drastic measures" announced, it was not clear what might be meant by this.
The leader of his loyal thugs "Jeunes Patriotes", Charles Blé Goudé announced, also on Tuesday at a kind of general mobilization. Ouattara was confirmed before last week deadline by the African Union (AU) as the legitimate winner of the presidential election last November.
The Abidjan district of Abobo, is in the fighting sporadically for several weeks, now seems to be in the hands of the rebels who control since the outbreak of civil war in 2002 the north of the country and call themselves since the peace treaty of 2007 "Forces Nouvelles". So far as "invisible command" designated units of the rebels now have a face: Ibrahim Coulibaly, a deserting soldier Ivorian, who was at the outbreak of the rebellion in 2002 a key role is to open in Abobo.
On the night of Monday to Tuesday heavily armed attackers tried to storm the barracks of the CRS riot police in the district Adjamé. Previously the residence of the commander in chief of the Ivorian armed forces, General Philippe Mangou been taken in the district Yopougon under fire. Significance of these two attacks is that both Adjamé and Yopougon considered strongholds of Gbagbo, the rebels are moving there nevertheless without difficulty.
Gbagbo had on Tuesday ordered the commander of the armed services to report to assure himself of their loyalty. This suggests that in fact military personnel have deserted, as the rebels claim for some time. For the evening had Gbagbo, who has refused all appeals to the contrary, to withdraw, "drastic measures" announced, it was not clear what might be meant by this.
The leader of his loyal thugs "Jeunes Patriotes", Charles Blé Goudé announced, also on Tuesday at a kind of general mobilization. Ouattara was confirmed before last week deadline by the African Union (AU) as the legitimate winner of the presidential election last November.
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