Final push to ivory coast to oust leader

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(CNN) --der African Union calls for Laurent Gbagbo, makes Friday to give as forces attacked the home of controversial incumbent.

The organization asked to recognize Gbagbo "to hand over power immediately", Alassane Ouattara, the international leading a democratically elected leader of the west African country.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said CNN political crisis in the Union has served as principal negotiator in Ivory Coast, "Gbagbo's are days numbered because he overstayed his welcome". "The of the Ivorian population must ultimately prevail."

Gbagbo has refused, makes for a controversial election November cede.

Forces loyal to Ouattara Gbagbo's residence attacked and took control of State television early Friday morning, said an Ouattara CNN of spokesman for.

Gbagbo's residence said close to the State television station, Patrick Achi, Ouattara spokesman. Gbagbo was not there apparently.

The acquisition is less than three hours after a spokesman for Gbagbo in the same network declare appeared, that Gbagbo had no intention of leaving the Presidential Palace, according to a witness, which saw the broadcast occurred. The Presidential Palace is not Gbagbo's personal residence and is somewhere else.

Taking over the Government network that previously incitement was violence against protesters against the Gbagbo Government accused, as Ivory Coast a decisive and final phase, with forces make loyal to Ouattara internal war seemed a final push to oust a defiant Gbagbo.

An Abidjan resident charged not be identified for security reasons, said that he heard heavy gunfire overnight and Friday morning.

He said that most of the city pushed 4 million people in their homes with no access to information were now, that was national radio from the air.

One of the people killed Thursday in the violence in Abidjan was a Swedish UN employees, said Joakim Larsson, a spokesman for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

"she was in her house when she was hit by a ball, that they killed," Larsson said.

Ouattara said on Thursday a curfew in Abidjan as forces loyal to him closer to the control of the city. The curfew, Ouattara said, remain in effect until Sunday. Also Ouattara's Home Secretary in the radio announced Thursday, that the air and borders of the land would be sealed until further notice.

The curfew, seemed however not generally recognised to be, how people listen to sounds of heavy gunfire Abidjan reported Thursday night.

Achi told CNN earlier Thursday to rebel forces patrolled several streets of Abidjan and were quick to Gbagbo.

It is only "hours, perhaps days" before Gbagbo, Achi said. "The army wants to fight not for Laurent Gbagbo."

The UN High Commissioner for refugees reported a "mass exodus" residents of Abidjan on Thursday.

"Heavy fighting, widespread human rights violations and fear of the war up to 1 million people fleeing forced their homes in Abidjan," according to the report.

Human rights agencies have the death of 462 human-some in horrific mode-documented and is warned on the edge of disaster.

"The international community must immediately take measures to protect of the civilian population,", said Salvatore Sagues, Amnesty International's researcher on the West Africa.

Ouattara, the winner of the presidential election was recognized November but had to in the UN-protected holes been Golf Hotel since then led the political dead end to the escalation of violence and turmoil.

In the meantime asked Gbagbo's Army Chief, major General Philippe Mangou, seeking asylum in the residence of the South African Ambassador, the South African Government said Thursday. Achi said it was a sign that the forces are now fully behind Ouattara.

Republican forces control of a large part of the capital, Yamoussoukro, and other important cocoa snatched-producing and port cities early March in the week before, Abidjan, the commercial center of Ivory Coast.

Concerned about the rising tide of violence, unanimously the UN Security Council Wednesday to give more authority to protect of the civilian sanctions on Gbagbo, his wife and three Associates, and UN peacekeepers.

The UN resolution demands that Gbagbo resign immediately and accept all State institutions, including the military, Ouattara as President. It empowers also UN peacekeeping forces ", to use all necessary means, to carry out its mandate to protect civilians under imminent violence."

The resolution imposed targeted sanctions and travel bans on Gbagbo, his wife, Simone, and three more: request Tagro, Pascal Affi N' N'Guessan and Alcide Djedje.

The resolution takes all five "Obstacle to peace and reconciliation" and reject the legitimate election of Ouattara. All but Gbagbo are due to "public incitement to hatred and violence." CNN's Zain Verjee, Carey Bodenheimer, Monica mark, Aliza Kassim, Christian table Fombu, Moni Basu and Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report.

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