Defiant Gbagbo pledges to stay on

31 Oct 2005

President Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast has said he will remain in power until elections are held, defying opposition demands to step down. Mr Gbagbo was speaking in a televised address on the night when his five-year mandate was supposed to end. But scheduled elections have been postponed and the UN decided to keep Mr Gbagbo in power for up to another year. Full Story

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