Muslim women pray as they face off soldiers in an unauthorized protest calling for President Laurent Gbagbo to step down, in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Within minutes of the end of prayers, soldiers began firing to disperse the protestors. In a dramatic escalation of the nation's conflict, Belarus has violated an international arms embargo by sending three attack helicopters to military forces supporting Ivory Coast's longtime ruler who refuses to cede power, alleged a Sunday statement issued by the office of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
A man pushes an old woman in wheel barrow as they flee the neighbourhood of Abobo PK 18, a suburb of Abidjan, carrying luggage on their heads, on February 24, 2011. The government of Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday accused 'rebels' supporting his rival Alassane Ouattara of engaging in 'revolution' during clashes this week. Intense fighting in Ivory Coast on Wednesday threatened diplomatic efforts to end a months-old tug-of-war between rival claimants to the presidency of the world's top cocoa producer.
A woman carries a sign reading 'Gbagbo Leave. Enough is Enough' as she arrives to join an unauthorized protest calling for Laurent Gbagbo to step down, in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. In a dramatic escalation of the nation's conflict, Belarus has violated an international arms embargo by sending three attack helicopters to military forces supporting Ivory Coast's longtime ruler who refuses to cede power, alleged a Sunday statement issued by the office of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
A picture taken on February 27, 2011 shows men suspected of being rebels as they are ledt to a police station flanked by soldiers of Ivory Coast's defense and security forces (FDS, loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo) in the Plateau district of Abidjan. Hundreds of people fleeing battles in Ivory Coast's Abidjan have taken shelter in Catholic missions, a priest said Monday, amid UN concerns about illegal arms deliveries to one of the warring factions. About 1,800 people had sheltered in a mission in the city's northern Abobo suburb at the weekend after last week's fighting, Augustin Obrou told.
Supporters of Presidential rival Alassane Ouattara take part in a demonstration in the Abobo neighborhood in Abidjan on February 19, 2011. Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo fired tear gas today to disperse several hundred rallying supporters of his rival Alassane Ouattara. The west African country has been in political and economic crisis since November 28 presidential elections, which most of the international community recognised as won by Ouattara.
Youths armed with machetes and pipes stand alongside the burnt-out shells of two public transport mini-buses as they block off a main entrance to Abobo, a largely opposition neighborhood which has become the site of intense street battles, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Civilians fleeing the violence walk through the roadblock, left, as they attempt to reach safer parts of the city. A state television antenna in Abobo was attacked Sunday, pulling the channel accused of disseminating hate off the air in Ivory Coast's biggest city after a week of deadly clashes that marked an escalation in the country's election standoff.
Women face off against soldiers in an unauthorized protest calling for Laurent Gbagbo to step down, in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Minutes after the completion of Muslim prayers, seen top right, soldiers began firing to disperse the protestors. In a dramatic escalation of the nation's conflict, Belarus has violated an international arms embargo by sending three attack helicopters to military forces supporting Ivory Coast's longtime ruler who refuses to cede power, alleged a Sunday statement issued by the office of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Inhabitants of the Abobo district in Abidjan flee the area past a United Nations armoured vehicle following fresh clashes between forces loyal to rival claimants for the presidency on February 27, 2011. The gunfire came from the northern Abobo area that is a stronghold of Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised to have won the November 28 election although incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down.
Residents flee with their belongings after clashes between forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara in Abobo, in Abidjan February 25, 2011. GGun battles and explosions raged overnight in an Abidjan neighbourhood, residents said, where mysterious insurgents the local press are calling the "invisible commandos" have risen up against Gbagbo. REUTER/Luc Gnago.
Smokes billows from stores set on fire during clashes between supporters of Alassane Dramane Ouattara and soldiers of the FDS, loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo, in the Attecoube neighborhood, in Abidjan on February 24, 2011. Fighting flared again today in Ivory Coast between supporters of rival claimants to the presidency as the UN peacekeeping mission said the unrest has claimed 15 lives in the past week. Thursday's fighting took place in the west of the country between troops loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo and former rebels who support his rival, Alassane Ouattara, both sides said. The clash is one of the most serious between the two forces in the region since a crisis began in November when Ivory Coast went to the polls and Ouattara was widely recognised as the winner but Gbagbo refused to step down.
A doctor tends to a man suffering from a bullet wound received during clashes between supporters of Alassane Dramane Ouattara and soldiers of the FDS, loyal to outgoing president Laurent Ggagbo in the popular district of Attecoube on February 24, 2011 in Abidjan. Fighting flared again today in Ivory Coast between supporters of rival claimants to the presidency as the UN peacekeeping mission said the unrest has claimed 15 lives in the past week. Most of the dead have been in the business capital Abidjan, the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) said in a statement.
Ivorians take photos of a man's corpse in the street on February 23, 2011 in the Abobo district of Abidjan. About 10 troops loyal to Gbagbo were killed yesterday in clashes with unidentified gunmen in the Abidjan working class district of Abobo -- a Ouattara stronghold, a security source said. Ivory Coast's internationally recognised election winner Alassane Ouattara met African leaders Tuesday on a new mission to mediate rival claims for the presidency amid a surge in deadly clashes
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