Ivorians lift ‘siege’ on UN base
The main Ivory Coast city, Abidjan, has returned to normal after four days of violent anti-UN protests. Roadblocks have been removed, buses and taxis have returned to the streets and there are no longer hundreds of youths massed outside the main UN base. The protests ended after appeals by close allies of President Laurent Gbagbo and a threat of sanctions by the UN Security Council. Full Story