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WASHINGTON - A woman screaming that President Barack Obama was not legitimately elected to the White House disrupted a symbolic reading of the US Constitution in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
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ABIDJAN - Laurent Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara in Ivory Coast's disputed election Thursday called for a bloodless raid by west African special forces to snatch the coco rich country's leader and "take him elsewhere" amid fears of civil war.
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NAIROBI- The African Union (AU) envoy, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, reiterated on Wednesday that Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo would have amnesty if he agrees to surrender power peacefully.
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ABUJA - Ivory Coast's political rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara have agreed to meet in an apparent breakthrough in efforts to end the country's political crisis, the African Union's envoy said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - The United States is open to taking in the Ivory Coast's embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo to end the deadly standoff there, but the opportunity is "rapidly closing," a senior US official said Monday.
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ABIDJAN - African mediators Monday held "useful" talks with Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, who is facing the threat of military action if he does not stand down in favour of his rival after disputed polls.
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ABIDJAN - African powers launched a fresh diplomatic push for a peaceful solution to Ivory Coast's deadly crisis Sunday, piling pressure on defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit and avoid an armed intervention.
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ABIDJAN- Pressure ratcheted up Sunday on Ivory Coast's defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit even as his rival faced the threat of a mob attack on his internationally recognised government's headquarters.
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LOS ANGELES - British pop superstar Elton John and his partner David Furnish have become the parents of a baby boy born to a surrogate mother in California, Us Magazine reported. The two are gay.
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PARIS - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo warned in an interview Monday that a French-US "plot" to refuse to recognise him as Ivory Coast's legitimate leader was pushing the country towards civil war.
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PARIS - The World Bank said it had frozen all loans to the Ivory Coast Wednesday, upping international pressure on the country's leadership after bitterly disputed elections.
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WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday called on Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo to "go" and threatened sanctions against him and his family, saying he had clearly lost a disputed presidential election.
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ABIDJAN - Troops loyal to Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo fought a fierce gunbattle in Abidjan Thursday with supporters of Alassane Ouattara, as explosions were heard around the latter's headquarters, AFP reporters said.
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ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast braced for violence Wednesday as one of the fragile West African state's two self-declared presidents urged his supporters to march on state television and the seat of government.
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