{"id":353457,"date":"2011-03-31T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/cote-divoire-army-chief-defects\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T15:31:11","slug":"cote-divoire-army-chief-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/cote-divoire-army-chief-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"Cote d&#8217;Ivoire: Army Chief Defects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.526731252243\">\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>31 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Embattled Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo&#8217;s army chief of staff has sought refuge at the residence of South Africa&#8217;s envoy in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Department of International Relations and Cooperation announced on Thursday that General Phillippe Mangou had sought refuge at the official residence of its ambassador, Zodwa Lallie, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied by his wife and five children.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Pretoria said it was consulting with &#8220;the relevant parties in the Ivory Coast, Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the United Nations regarding this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mangou&#8217;s action comes at a time when forces loyal to the internationally-recognized Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, have seized the administrative capital, Yamoussoukro, and the country&#8217;s cocoa-exporting port, San Pedro, and now threaten the commercial capital, Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>Gbagbo is holding onto the presidency in Abidjan after refusing to accept his defeat in an election last December. 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