• yes under the leadership of Alassane Ouattara, opposition forces in Ivory Coast now control the country’s administrative capital
• “hours” resignation deadline given to Laurent Gbagbo, who has so far refused to step down as President, by Ouattara’s Prime Minister source

• » Quick recap: Gbagbo lost November’s presidential elections, but has refused to cede power to Ouattara, the victor. The taking of the administrative capital, Yamoussoukro, has symbolic significance, as it was the birthplace of the area’s first President and ultra-popular reformer, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. It’s not a done-deal yet; Abidjan, the city from which the country’s government is actually run, is still controlled by Gbagbo forces, and will present a much more difficult challenge to the opposition.

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