Rivals battle out outside Ivory Coast capital
Thursday, 31 March 2011
ABIDJAN, March 30 : Fighting broke out Wednesday between forces loyal to internationally recognised Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara and his rival's troops in a town 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Ivory Coast's capital Yamoussoukro. "There has been shooting for two hours in Tiebissou, currently fighting is taking place downtown," said a resident of Tiebissou, a strategic point of access to the political capital of Ivory Coast. -AFP