{"id":337894,"date":"2011-03-25T13:24:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/nearly-1-million-flee-abidjan-amid-fears-of-war-u-n-says\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:24:45","slug":"nearly-1-million-flee-abidjan-amid-fears-of-war-u-n-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/nearly-1-million-flee-abidjan-amid-fears-of-war-u-n-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1 million flee Abidjan amid fears of war, U.N. says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"65.0246212121\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"47\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Ivory Coast grapples with escalating attacks amid political stalemate<\/li>\n<li>There are also indications that mercenaries are arriving from Liberia, a U.N. official says<\/li>\n<li>Post election clashes have killed at least 462 people since December <\/li>\n<p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Escalating violence and fears of war have forced nearly 1 million residents to flee Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, with scores more uprooted across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The west African nation has been embroiled in a political stalemate since incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo refused to cede power after November elections. <\/p>\n<p>Election officials and the international community consider rival  Alassane Ouattara the rightful winner of the poll. <\/p>\n<p>Post election clashes have left at least 462 dead since December, the United Nations said. <\/p>\n<p>Up to 1 million people have fled populated suburbs in Abidjan alone, said Melissa Fleming, a spokeswoman for the U.N. 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