Côte d ' Ivoire strongman Gbagbo recorded

Declared "Beginning of a new era of hope" he says Ouattara, he asked, the justice start Minister legal proceedings against GbagboGbagbo's capture is "Victory for the democratic will of the Ivorian population," Obama SaysGbagbo refused after losing an election to Alassane Ouattara

(CNN) -C?te d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara calm Monday called for forces that stormed the Presidential Palace and Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to arrested the presidential election results in the last year plunged the west African State in a civil war.

", We finally have the dawn of a new era of hope," Ouattara said in a televised speech. "We had hoped this transfer had different, but we need to focus on today."

He urged his countrymen to lay down their arms and said, he has the Minister of Justice start legal proceedings against Gbagbo, his wife and his colleagues asked. Gbagbo is at the Golf Hotel, the headquarters of the Ouattara and the United Nations take place.

Combat was released quickly after Gbagbo's arrest to stop, said Alain Le Roy, under-Secretary General of the United Nations Department of peacekeeping operations.

"I know most of the fighting has stopped," he said, adding that "there are pockets of resistance here and there."

Gbagbo asked and receives un protection according to Le Roy, who said, forces ensure the security of the wife of the former leader.

The UN official said "I President Ouattara understand, he wants President Gbagbo in Ivory Coast, to go to court".

The former President "is well and alive, and to justice, to be brought", said the country's Ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba. He and the French Embassy said, loyal to Ouattara forces made the arrest.

But a Gbagbo Adviser, Ahoua Don Mello, said earlier that Gbagbo's residence stormed the French military had. The French Ministry of Defense rejected Don Mello claim, saying that no French troops entered the residence.

Authorities try, move carefully and follow legal procedures Gbagbo examination, to bring a high said U.S. official with knowledge of the events of that are called decline due to the sensitivity of the situation.

The arrest is a "C?te d'Ivoire step in the right direction of normality, again" the source said, adding that the city is a wreck, with "Death squads, militias roaming (and) burning body on the roads.", which pose a major humanitarian challenge is

Speaking of the Golf Hotel, Gbagbo said his followers to stop fighting.

"I hope that people lay down their weapons and to return a normal state of civilian rule, so that the crisis can complete as quickly as possible," he said.

President Barack Obama cheered news of the latest developments in C?te d'Ivoire.

"This is a victory for the democratic will of the Ivorian population for much too long by the instability that followed have suffered their choice," he said in a statement.

Obama called on Ouattara and the people of C?te d'Ivoire, start now, the "Hard work of reconciliation and reconstruction".

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Gbagbo's capture "Sends a strong signal to dictators and tyrants." ... You can ignore the voice of its own people.

"Is it that the power to brackets, consequences for those," warned Clinton.

United Nations forces in the attack on Gbagbo's residence, were involved in said UN spokesman Hamadoun Toure.

He had previously said, extend the UN mission not to extract by the former President from his fortress.

But the United Nations and French troops have Gbagbo's forces, relying on their mission to protect civilians in the country.

The fighting left Abidjan with sporadic and hygiene and residents said corpses on the streets were left.

At least tens of thousands of people fled to neighboring Liberia, the fighting, according to Oxfam, to escape the international aid organisation.

The International Committee of the Red Cross, said that 800 people had during the conflict in the Western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue was shot dead. A UN officials the number of deaths of 330 in the incident.

Ouattara, said in his televised speech that he would established to investigate allegations of violations of human rights a truth and Reconciliation Commission.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week predicted that the outcome of the crisis in Ivory Coast would set the tone for other Nations in Africa.

"What happens in C?te d ' Ivoire has huge implications for the continent, the 16 presidential election will have this year," he said, under the French name for the Land.CNN's Jack Maddox, Sarita Harilela, Carol Jordan, Mariano Castillo, Niki Cook, Matthew Hoye, Alan Silverleib and Zain Verjee contributed to this report

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Laurent Gbagbo under arrest - ABC Online

TONY EASTLEY: Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo is in custody in his rival camp.

His arrest followed a deadly day in the city of Abidjan.

Signals the start of the battle, positions military with helicopter gunships targeting Mr Gbagbo UN and French troops.

There were street battles between rival forces but as Africa correspondent Ginny Stein reports, it was the arrival of the French tanks that tipped the scales.

GINNY STEIN: just who is responsible for Laurent Gbagbo arrest is a sensitive issue.

The UN is trying to make it clear that it, neither was the French, but loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the man who expects will forces that the pieces of which pick up country and it crashed after five months of deadly conflict to unite.

The UN want to make sure that opponents no ammunition to discredit his future leadership of this fragile divided nation are given Mr Ouattara.

But what is known, that a key to this point have played French and the United Nations.

Mr Gbagbo has been in the television controlled by Mr Ouattara camp, tired, appear but shown in good health. The cameras rolled his shirt, sweat and dirt away wiping changed as he.

The Ivory Coast UN commissioned Youssoufou Bamba has sworn that Mr Gbabgo is study for crimes he committed.

YOUSSOUFOU BAMBA: Gbagbo was arrested and now he is is set to a secure location for next how to.

GINNY STEIN: US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says that the arrest of Mr Gbabgo sends a clear message to all tyrants.

HILLARY CLINTON: This move sends a strong signal to dictators and tyrants in the entire region and around the world. The voice of their own people and free and fair elections can ignore not, and there are consequences for those on the power to brackets.

GINNY stone: while everything is over for Mr Gbagbo, the people of Abidjan are still reluctant to go outside. Mercenaries continue to roam the city and result, which their relief at because Mr. Gbagbo could be arrested fatal.

Bile bile Ben lives near where the heaviest fighting took place.

BEN Galle Galle: the Gbagbo militia, they are armed, they are here in our. They are outside, they are outside, they are too much here in our area so that we not express our happiness.

GINNY STEIN: Mr Gbagbo was defeated, but this war is far from won.

All eyes focused on the city of Abidjan. Outdoor areas once loyal to Laurent Gbagbo where took place in mass murder, who knows what will happen?

This is Ginny reporting for to the stone.

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Gbagbo loyalists back ground in Côte d'Ivoire

Since Friday have loyal to Mr Gbagbo conquered territory in Abidjan, the economic capital, a French military operation forces repelled, attacked his rival headquarters and State television and radio, the broadcasting of messages recaptured Act of defiance.

Mr Gbagbo was surrounded even rival, Alassane Ouattara, the country's internationally recognized President, supported by troops from France, and the United Nations by forces loyal to his.

But on Saturday night, his troops of the Golf Hotel, where his headquarters has maintained Mr Ouattara, attacked to win since the presidential elections in November. A UN official said it was the first time Mr Gbagbo forces the hotel had attacked.

The hotel was of small mortars, eyewitnesses reported during the hotel staff, guests and Government Mr Ouattara took cover in the basement.

"Gbagbo's mercenaries lost men," said a hotel employee reached by telephone, refused, enter its name, fear for his safety.

A spokesman of the United Nations Mission in C?te d ' Ivoire, Amadoun Touré, declared but no ground troops in the RAID concerned were involved in, and the United Nations of forces artillery fire was returned.

The State RTI television and radio station, which had conquered Mr Ouattara troops 10 days earlier, came back on the air on Friday, returning to his role as the voice of the Gbagbo Government.

The network broadcast statements claimed the French force had attacked Mr Gbagbo residence and brought "Rebel" in the neighborhood to the Hill surrounded, deny claims French officials.

"The regime of President Laurent Gbagbo is still there," read another statement, doodle on the bottom of the screen. "We ask all Ivorians of the strong mobilization."

A French military rescue mission late Friday, defeated his troops. In response to a request for assistance from abroad, which could not identify French officials had French helicopter mounted efforts to save foreign staff from a diplomatic residence in the neighbourhood of Cocody, not far from Mr Gbagbo residence.

However, the aircraft encountered a heavier presence of Gbagbo loyalists as expected, under fire from small and at least an armored vehicle, said the French military destroyed his troops; the rescue operation has been canceled.

"Last night we observed, that they develop for their perimeter," despite a military blockade of Mr Ouattara, announced, Colonel Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman said. Pro-Gbagbo forces now surrounded several diplomatic residences take Mr Gbagbo stronghold, said Colonel Burkhard.

He declined to identify who had sought French assistance to the nation, say that it is not "reasonable" to do, because the concerned diplomatic staff were threatened or considered.

Beyond the Cocody neighbourhood have Mr Gbagbo forces again ground elsewhere in Abidjan and the neighbourhood of the plateau, the United Nations of peacekeeping Chief, Alain Le Roy, said Friday taken. Now they seem positions close to the Golf Hotel, picked up Ouattara and his Government for months, have holes in the Lord had been by surrounded by Mr Gbagbo forces and largely not leaving until recently. Mr. Le Roy said Mr Gbagbo was active in negotiations last week as a Verz?gerungsman?ver to his forces to consolidate their position, and had the areas around his connection with weapons even as his envoy to the international negotiations had been reinforced.

The negotiations zuneigte, attempted forces loyal to Mr Ouattara Mr Gbagbo of his residence, where he, to take refuge in a well appointed basement together with family, friends and helpers.

On Friday however, a shift in that seem to restore some semblance of normality in Abidjan has tactic that was by fighting and where water and electricity intermittent, was announced Mr Ouattara, he would close off pin Mr Gbagbo in his residence and him.

But Mr Gbagbo forces - "he is very good," according to Colonel Burkhard - proven so far too clever or also decided.

"they have nothing more to lose," said Colonel Burkhard.

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Côte d ' Ivoire bonds advance on 4-month high as Gbagbo leave gauze country - Bloomberg

C?te d ' Ivoire distressed dollar bonds rose to a four month high as Laurent Gbagbo said that he can leave the country, according to internationally recognized President, elect Alassane Ouattara loyal troops surrounded resident.

The west African country's 2032 bonds a year ago jumped 7.7% to 55.438 cents on the dollar, its highest level since Dec. 2, based on data from Bloomberg. 14 Percent in the past has blamed collected, two days after Gbagbo surrendered troops. Fighting was reported today to his residence.

The incumbent operator, their refusal, the results of the country's November 28 Elections led the war, C?te d ' Ivoire can leave, he said in an interview carried out last night and today on LCI, a Paris-based TV news channel. With Ouattara no political agreement has been reached, said he.

"Gbagbo exit looms, and I would say it is now a matter of hours or at most a couple of days", said Anne Fruhauf, Africa analyst for Eurasia Group in London, in a telephone interview. His departure not immediately order in Abidjan, which would restore the commercial hub, is a city "flooded with weapons, militias, a panic civilians and rebels, really, need for restraint", she said.

The country's $2.3 billion of bonds have since April, according to the 9 percent of their value fall up to 43 percent to 35 cents on 16 March lost. The country has been in default after missing, interest payment due end of January as Gbagbo and Ouattara a $ 29 million locked in a political standoff.

The UN put the death toll from violence after the elections on the 494 before the fight began after Abidjan. At least 800 more were killed in the Western City of Duekoue, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Gbagbo began negotiating an exit after French and most of his army of heavy weapons destroyed United Nations troops.

The United Nations, the United States, the African Union and the European Union Ouattara recognize, 69, a former deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund, as the winner of the Nov 28 Election. Gbagbo, 65, refuses to step down, claimed voter fraud.

The reporter on this story contact: Jason Webb in jwebb25@bloomberg.net in London.

The editor responsible for this story contact: Gavin Serkin at the gserkin@bloomberg.net

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Gbagbo Minister says in talks on Ivory Coast truce - Reuters

DAKAR | Tue Apr 5, 2011 8:49 am EDT

"I'm in the residence of French Ambassador, negotiate a ceasefire," Alcide Djedje said in an interview on Radio France International was aired.

Asked whether Gbagbo of his departure was being negotiated, he said: "this is a further step, I'm not." We have for the coming hours to wait. I had a mandate for negotiating this stage (a ceasefire). "Now we have to wait."

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Viewing profile: Côte d ' Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo - BBC News

1. April 2011 last updated at 11: 00 GMT Laurent Gbagbo is a classically trained academic turned opposition leader, now seen as just another African leader of his country by the refusal, to destroy defeat at the ballot box.

After 20 years in the opposition he came to power in 2000, as a military leader Robert GUEI manipulate attempts to elections were defeated by street protests by Mr Gbagbo supporters in the main city Abidjan.

Now, he is accused of firing on unarmed demonstrators in Abidjan that a clinging to power after an election dispute and security forces loyal to him.

Mr Gbagbo his political teeth in the trade union movement and he figure, former President Félix Houphou?t-Boigny plays heavily on his reputation as the main opposition party's a party State.

He started on the political left, but since the 1980s he has a strong nationalist, even xenophobic attitude.

'Change your glasses'

Mr Gbagbo says the dispute is about a fight for C?te d'Ivoire (and indeed African) sovereignty and throws the French and Americans in him.

Ivory Coast is the nation of God blessed and neo colonialists want to control it for its cocoa and oil fields, he says.

Continue reading the most important story 1971: arrested for "subversive doctrine"1982: exile in Paris after union activism1988: is, C?te d ' Ivoire 1990: defeated in elections1992: after student protests in the prison2000: declared winner of disputed election2002: failed coup divides C?te d ' Ivoire2007: Is a power-sharing Government with former rebels2010: elections five years later. Refuses to go, after he LostHowever, this trick says UN has not succeeded and the UN supported made determination of the African Union, that Mr Gbagbo lost the election of November 2010 and it should be down.

He was surfing on the wave of xenophobia accused the Ivory Coast swept during the reign of President Henri Konan Bédié.

Mr. Bédié led to prevent the concept of "ivoirité" (Ivorianness), Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim from the North by standing in the presidential election in the 1990's.

Mr Gbagbo denied aroused accusations of opportunism. He said "I have not changed," at the time. "You need to change your glasses."

It looks now like Mr Ouattara, which might UN-recognised winner of the November elections, the last laugh as his troops on the Presidential Palace in Abidjan in close.

Since the 2002 outbreak of civil war, have Mr Gbagbo supporters have been accused implementation xenophobic attacks in the areas that control it - against those from the predominantly Muslim north, immigrants from neighboring African countries and inhabitants of the West.

She accused former colonial power France and the international community to do enough, to put down the rebellion.

"Cicero"

Laurent Gbagbo was born in a Catholic family in the vicinity of Gagnoa, in the Middle West of the country, producing cocoa almost 60 years ago.

"Cicero", has a PhD in the history as he was due to his love of Latin during his school days.

Some say Mr Gbagbo wife Simone, the real power behind the throne

Early in his career as a Professor, Mr Gbagbo was arrested in 1971 for two years for "subversive" doctrine. "Little brother" was his nom de guerre.

In the 1980s, he was involved in Union activities among academics.

He was one of the first challenge of C?te d'Ivoire is President Houphou?t-Boigny allowed creation in the 1980s, as the veteran independence leader multi-party system.

In 1982 he wanted to return six years later exile in Paris, the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) at the founding Congress.

His time as a leader of the opposition led to spells in jail and brushes with the authorities.

His wife, Simone, is a powerful politician in his own right and some see them as the real hardline makes behind the throne, prevent to give up making her husband.

The couple has two daughters.

"Good Company"

Mr Gbagbo said after his election in 2000, break he would with the personality cult tradition, say that it was no longer necessary, portraits of the President in public places and offices put up.

He also said that the national media is no longer required, mention of the President in all programmes would be.

But while he was in power, you mark the most news of Mr Gbagbo to daily activities.

He has a reputation as a aufbrausender, in particular against "arrogant" journalists, but he is also known for his infectious laugh and vigorous handshakes.

Person he has a big smile and an easy laugh and is a Communicator, often using the metaphors of Ivorian daily life.

He should have a passion for music, guitar, and good food.

"It is a pleasure to him dinner round have to," one of his friends in Jeune Afrique-L was ' intelligent magazine quoted.

Still, the man who under the motto "we win or we win", where he can be a stubborn political players and, opponents claim, links to violent militias such as the Student Union, the Fesci, the young patriots and death squads, despite his reputation as a Socialist peaceful, Sorbonne-trained.

The UN blames its militias for the worst violence against civilians.

He has also the nickname of "Baker" for his ability to "roll his opponents in the flour", after he a uncanny knack which come up in any political dispute.

But he can now his match met.

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