Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire: Bang Bang Nearly Over?

"The end to Côte d'Ivoire's nightmare is in sight. Following an overnight "final assault" on the presidential palace in Abidjan, the commercial capital, Laurent Gbagbo is said to have agreed to step down as president."


From The Economist blog Baobab


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Another African Nightmare - La Côte d’Ivoire - The Ivory Coast

The Economist's Baobab Blog has been running a series of articles on the situation in Abidjan which has naturally been pushed to the back of the news by events further in North Africa and the Japanese earthquake disaster.

The blog has run a series of now 4 blog posts which are perhaps best summed up by this image from the first entry, a picture of absolute rage and desperation.

An unfortunate but too typical African sentiment.

The Baobab blog posts can be found below in date (not blog order) earliest first:

• Arriving in Abidjan
• Grinding to a halt
• Paradise lost
• The final push