Nairobi - In Ivory Coast there is imminent danger of a civil war because the struggle for power for more than three months faces President Laurent Gbagbo, who was defeated in elections last November, the winner of the opposition Alassane Quattro, warned a group of experts. "The international community must support the illegitimate president (Gbagbo) is determined to fight to the end, even when this means that Ivory Coast was plunged into lawlessness and economic disaster," writes the International Crisis Group in its most recent report on Africa, released today in Nairobi.
In view of the escalating violence in recent days, the most likely scenario in Ivory Coast is "an armed conflict with the massive use of violence against civilians that could trigger intervention by neighboring countries," said the expert group . A few weeks ago that the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to intervene militarily in Ivory Coast as a last resort to avoid a new civil war in this country.
On Thursday, security forces loyal to Gbagbo had shot dead six demonstrators. 
In view of the escalating violence in recent days, the most likely scenario in Ivory Coast is "an armed conflict with the massive use of violence against civilians that could trigger intervention by neighboring countries," said the expert group . A few weeks ago that the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to intervene militarily in Ivory Coast as a last resort to avoid a new civil war in this country.
On Thursday, security forces loyal to Gbagbo had shot dead six demonstrators.
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