After Months of Bloodshed, Côte D’Ivoire’s Dictator Falls

Morgan Lorraine Roach / April 11, 2011

Early this morning, former president of Côte D’Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo was finally forced out of power. Seeking refuge in the bunker of his Abidjan residence, opposition forces and international peacekeepers took the African strongman into custody.

Although there are conflicting reports as to who actually arrested Gbagbo, one thing is certain according to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: Gbagbo’s illegitimate claim to power is over.

Today marks the end of a four-month election crisis that has deepened the ethnic and religious divisions within Ivorian society and has wreaked havoc on the lives of Ivorians across the country. (more…)