Cote d'Ivoire: 'End Is Near for Gbagbo'

Cote d'Ivoire: 'End Is Near for Gbagbo'

By Keith Laidlaw

APRIL 5, 2011, 10:34 AM

(Al Jazeera English: 0916 PST, April 5, 2011) Laurent Gbagbo may finally be giving up his claim to power in Cote d'Ivoire. His government's spokesman says he is negotiating a ceasefire. France says two generals are working out the details of his surrender. Hundreds are dead and a million are thought to have been displaced, after five months of political deadlock and fighting. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher has the latest.

 

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