A United Nations convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, blocking the road in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighbourhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade out of a table and sticks. Photo: AP
A United Nations convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, blocking the road in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighbourhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade out of a table and sticks. Photo: AP
Partisans of Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara stand near a police vehicle which was burnt during clashes with security forces in the pro-Ouattara neighbourhood of Abobo. At least five policemen were killed in Abidjan on Wednesday in a second day of fighting as security forces loyal to Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo clashed with backers of rival Ouattara, witnesses said. Photo: Reuters
Police on patrol in armoured vehicles pass people walking on a road in Abobo in Abidjan. At least five people were killed in clashes between supporters of Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and forces loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan. Photo: Reuters
Young supporters of Laurent Gbagbo advance toward an arriving United Nations convoy in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighborhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire Tuesday, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men barred the route. Photo: AP
Local residents look on as the body of a man killed by gunfire lies covered in a side street of the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, who refuses to cede power, fired volleys of gunshots, leaving at least four people dead after they cordoned off a large section of a neighborhood known to be his rival's stronghold. Photo: AP
A rebel fighter holds a knife as he stands watch for security forces on a street in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, who refuses to cede power, fired volleys of gunshots, leaving at least four people dead after they cordoned off a large section of a neighborhood known to be his rival's stronghold. Photo: AP
Neighbourhood residents watch from behind overturned market stalls as hundreds of young men angry at security forces blocked a central roundabout in the Abobo neighborhood, driving out police and attacking passing vehicles.
A United Nations convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighbourhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade out of a table and sticks. Photo: AP
Young men stand around a burned out car following overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of Alassane Ouattara, in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Hundreds of young men, angry at security forces, shut down a central roundabout in Abobo, driving out police and attacking passing vehicles. Photo: AP
Men stop an United Nations patrol with a roadblock in the neighbourhood of Abobo in Abidjan. At least five people were killed in clashes between supporters of Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and forces loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan. Photo: Reuters
A United Nations convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighbourhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire Tuesday, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade. Photo: AP
A United Nations convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighborhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade out of a table and sticks. Photo: AP
Published Jan 12, 2011
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Security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo opened fire as they drove through a neighborhood where supporters of the election's internationally recognized winner said they had killed two police officers. The UN peacekeeping force sent nine vehicles to the scene, where dozens of young men screaming and shouting had erected a roadblock out of a table and sticks. The peacekeepers turned around and started leaving the area. The military trucks arrived in the neighborhood hours after residents described attacking two officers who had been conducting raids in the area known as PK 18. The district overwhelmingly voted for Alassane Ouattara, who the UN said won the November 28 election.
Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power despite mounting international pressure and a possible regional military ouster, maintains control of the country's military. Human rights groups accuse his security forces of abducting and killing hundreds of political opponents since the vote.
