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-- African Union officials will name five heads of state to work on a solution to the Ivory Coast election standoff and report their findings in a month, a spokeswoman said Sunday. The panel, which will get support from experts, will consult and come up with a way to settle the dispute, said...

-- A United Nations representative has condemned sexual violence in the Ivory Coast as the White House met with leaders urging the nation's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to give up power. "Following reports of rapes in Cote d'Ivoire, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the employment of...

Ivory Coast has been in a political crisis since Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down. -- The U.N. Security Council is expected to authorize another 2,000 troops for its peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast on Tuesday amid a standoff between the mission and supporters of self-proclaimed...

-- Ivory Coast's president-elect is willing to add supporters of self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo to his cabinet, provided the defiant incumbent steps down, the West African nation's ambassador to the United Nations said Monday. Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba said President-elect Alassane...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/03/bpr.ivory.coast.agnero.cnn - The self-proclaimed president of Ivory Coast has agreed to remove a military blockade around his winning rival's headquarters, an envoy mediating the standoff said Wednesday. The move by Laurent Gbagbo comes after talks...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/03/bpr.ivory.coast.agnero.cnn -- Three representatives of the Economic Community of West African States and an African Union representative met twice Monday with self-declared Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo in an attempt to persuade him to step...

Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday guard an Abidjan hotel serving as headquarters for internationally-recognized Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. A new year opened with intransigence in a divided Ivory Coast, as two political rivals ignored threats and deadlines Saturday for one...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/31/mabuse.ivory.coast.crisis.cnn Abidjan, Ivory Coast -- A three-man West African delegation won't return to Ivory Coast until Monday, when it will ask self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish his post or face a military ouster, a...

A spokesman for incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, pictured here in November 2010, dismissed a threat by West African leaders to use force to depose him, saying it was part of a Western plot. The disputed head of the Ivory Coast will not step down, one of his key ministers said Saturday...

West African leaders warned they may use "legitimate force" to defuse an escalating crisis in Ivory Coast sparked by incumbent President Gbagbo's refusal to cede power. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/24/sweeney.menage.gbagbo.cnn At an emergency meeting Friday, West African...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/23/intv.gorani.davis.cnn The ruling Ivory Coast government remained defiant Thursday, insisting that incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo should stay in power and that his supporters have acted justly despite a global outcry. International critics have...

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks to reporters during a press conference on November 20, 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the situation in the Ivory Coast is increasingly volatile and the country risks a return to civil war. The West African...

United Nations -- The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended its peacekeepers' mission in Ivory Coast through June 30, despite an expulsion order days earlier by the West African nation's disputed incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo. The peacekeepers' mission had been scheduled to...

The United Nations has said it will keep its peacekeepers in Ivory Coast despite a directive ordering them out from the west African nation's disputed president, Laurent Gbagbo. The U.N. security council joined several other world bodies in calling for Gbagbo to step dow after a contested...

Supporter of Alassane Ouattara stand next to the bodies of two men reportedly killed by Ivorian police and army forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo on December 16. The tensions that have swept Ivory Coast show no signs of abating as incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo ordered U.N. peacekeeping...

Bossou, Guinea -- A political standoff has forced nearly 4,000 citizens of northwest Ivory Coast to flee to neighboring countries, prompting fears of regional insecurity, according to the United Nations. The disputed presidential election outcome between opposition leader Alassane Ouattara and...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/12/17/purefoy.ivory.coast.unrest.cnn European Union leaders threatened sanctions against the Ivory Coast and said members of the country's military should support Alassan Ouatarra, who international officials say won the presidency. The European Council...

President Laurent Gbagbo could seek asylum in a number of countries, a U.S. official says. Washington -- The United States and other countries have given President Laurent Gbagbo a deadline to leave Ivory Coast or risk sanctions, a senior State Department official said Thursday. "He has a...

The European Union says it has agreed on sanctions against incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo as pressure continues to mount for him to relinquish power after Ivory Coast's election. The EU said earlier this week that it would give specific "targeted measures" aimed at Gbagbo and his supporters...

Armed members of the New Forces (FN) adopt combat positions near the hotel that houses the rival government declared by Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on Monday. Government troops backing Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo clashed with ex-rebels supporting the internationally recognized...