April 10 (Bloomberg) - The U.S. said offers it to negotiate by the former leader of C?te d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo was a disappointment and end the fighting and to surrender to the forces of the President elected Alassane Ouattara.
"It is clear that attempts to Gbagbo negotiation this week were nothing more than a ruse to regroup and rearm", spokesman of the Department of State Mark Toner said yesterday in a statement in Washington. He said at the United States "condemn the renewed aggression" by the forces of Gbagbo in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the nation of cocoa producing more of the world.Battles are "more intense in a number of neighbourhoods in Abidjan", the State Department said in an update of a warning to Americans to avoid travel in the country. In Abidjan's Cocody district, Gbagbo loyalists attacked Ouattara headquarters at the Golf Hotel, said Meite Sindou, a spokesman for Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro. The forces of the Ouattara repulsed the attack, he said.Disputed Gbagbo internationally recognized victory of the Ouattara in the presidential election on November 28. Many of his troops withdrew or defected as fighters of the Ouattara, called the Republican Forces, swept down in the North of C?te d'Ivoire, Abidjan, a city of four million people."We can hear shots sustained," said Herve Konan, a resident of Cocody.French OperationGbagbo forces regained the territory in Abidjan and foiled a French military operation, according to the New York Times. The French Government said that he attempted to save foreign citizens of a diplomatic residence close to Gbagbo, the newspaper reported, quoting Colonel Thierry Burkhard, a French army spokesman. The operation has been canceled after meeting Gbagbo supporters more than expected, said the newspaper.Commercial flights resumed yesterday at Abidjan airport, Neba Koffi, airport acting General Manager, said in a telephone interview.The European Union has lifted restrictions exports on April 8 on the cocoa of Abidjan and San Pedro port, which is also under the control of the Ouattara. Cocoa in London fell by 25 pounds, or 1.3 percent, to 1,889 pounds ($3,095) per metric ton on March 8. Human Rights Watch said forces loyal to the hundreds of civilians killed Ouattara, burned at least 10 villages and summarily raped women of an ethnic group seems to be loyal to Gbagbo. "Fighters often target people by ethnicity, and attacks disproportionately those too old or lower to flee, said a report by e-mail on April 8 by the New York-based group. "Dozens of women were also held for a day or more and repeatedly raped."A Million FleeThe murders took place during a March by the Republican Forces offensive in the West of the country, the group said.Administration of the Ouattara attempted to call the army soldiers formerly loyal to Gbagbo, who was President from 2000 until last year. "In the"framework for the mobilization for the resumption of the service, the Prime Minister and Minister of defence"require officers, junior officers and the commanders of the army, marine, air force and Gendarmerie Nationale to register on the open lists, "said a statement by the administration of the Ouattara received by electronic mail."More than 1 million people have fled their homes during the four-month crisis, according to the United Nations. Peacekeeping forces of the French peace and the United Nations in Abidjan began helicopter strikes against the forces of Gbagbo April 4. rights Reportthe Human Rights Watch report said that before February, abuse against civilians were committed mainly by forces loyal to Gbagbo. That changed after that combatants nominally under the control of Prime Minister Soro of Ouattara began an offensive in late atrocities February.The resulted in a massacre on March 29, hundreds of civilians in the town of Duékoué Westnear the Liberian border, is home to a large number of people from the Guéré ethnic group, which supported most Gbagbo, according to the report.Based in the Hague's International Criminal Court said it has begun an investigation into the alleged Ivory Coast crimes and administration of Ouattara has agreed to submit to its jurisdiction.-With the help of Pauline Bax and Drew Hinshaw in Johannesburg and Paul Tighe in Sydney. Editors: Paul Tighe, Peter Hirschberg
To contact the reporters on this story: Olivier Monnier in Abidjan to omonnier@bloomberg.net; Baudelaire Mieu in Accra to bmieu@bloomberg.net; Jason McLure in Accra at the jmclure@bloomberg.net
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