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Abidjan, Ivory Coast

War averted? Under pressure from African leaders, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo this week agreed to negotiate a peaceful end to the political crisis prompted by his refusal to cede power after losing the November presidential election to rival Alassane Ouattara. Dozens of people were killed in December in post-election skirmishes between supporters of the two men, and African leaders began discussing whether to send a military force to oust Gbagbo. After meeting with the presidents of Sierra Leone, Benin, and Cape Verde, as well as with the African Union mediator, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Gbagbo said he would lift the blockade around Ouattara’s headquarters. He made no plans, however, to move out of the presidential palace.

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