{"id":350511,"date":"2011-03-30T18:32:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/cote-divoire-pro-ouattara-fighters-seize-capital\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T18:32:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:32:06","slug":"cote-divoire-pro-ouattara-fighters-seize-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/cote-divoire-pro-ouattara-fighters-seize-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Cote d&#8217;Ivoire: Pro-Ouattara Fighters Seize Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.894217958966\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9c3e48a3llafrica180.jpg\" alt=\"allAfrica.com\" title=\"Visit allAfrica.com\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>30 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Fighters loyal to Cote d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s internationally-recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, have seized control of the nation&#8217;s capital, Yamoussoukro, representing a key victory in a week-long offensive that has gained considerable ground, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said Republican Forces troops had met little resistance as they captured Yamoussoukro from soldiers backing incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo. The BBC and Associated Press quoted eye-witnesses as saying victorious fighters were celebrating by driving around town and shooting in the air, and residents were welcoming them.<\/p>\n<p>A 2005 peace accord ended a brief civil war in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire that divided the country between a rebel-controlled north and government-controlled south when Gbagbo was still Cote d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s president. Clashes have escalated since the November election that the international community says Ouattara won. Gbagbo has refused to step down and the resulting violence has forced up to one million people to flee their homes, according to the United Nations refugee agency.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those who have fled were living in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s main city, Abidjan, which is divided between pro-Gbagbo and pro-Ouattara neighborhoods. Abidjan is located 230 kilometers south of Yamoussoukro.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0CZqrqsOjnxzNjza\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0CZHuWwSVDYSwU5U\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103301022.html\" title=\"Cote d'Ivoire: Pro-Ouattara Fighters Seize Capital\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cote d&#8217;Ivoire: Pro-Ouattara Fighters Seize Capital<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 March 2011 Fighters loyal to Cote d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s internationally-recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, have seized control of the nation&#8217;s capital, Yamoussoukro, representing a key victory in a week-long offensive that has gained considerable ground, according to news reports. Reports said Republican Forces troops had met little resistance as they captured Yamoussoukro from soldiers backing incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo. The BBC and Associated Press quoted eye-witnesses as saying victorious fighters were celebrating by driving around town and shooting in the air, and residents were welcoming them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cote d&#039;Ivoire: Pro-Ouattara Fighters Seize Capital - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/cote-divoire-pro-ouattara-fighters-seize-capital\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cote d&#039;Ivoire: Pro-Ouattara Fighters Seize Capital - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"30 March 2011 Fighters loyal to Cote d&#039;Ivoire&#039;s internationally-recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, have seized control of the nation&#039;s capital, Yamoussoukro, representing a key victory in a week-long offensive that has gained considerable ground, according to news reports. 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