ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s president said Wednesday that the country’s arrested strongman will face charges “on a national level and an international level,” as the president attempts to restore order after a bloody four-month standoff.

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Ivory Coast president: captured strongman to face charges at national and international level

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s president said Wednesday that the country’s arrested strongman will face charges “on a national level and an international level,” as the president attempts to restore order after a bloody four-month standoff.

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Ivory Coast president: captured strongman to face charges at national and international level

French troops in Ivory Coast discover several large arms caches they say would have been used by former leader Laurent Gbagbo.

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Weapons uncovered in Ivory Coast

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been moved out of Abidjan a day after his arrest, a UN spokesman says.

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Gbagbo moved out of Abidjan – UN

Is the Ivory Coast standoff finally at an end? French soldiers have reportedly seized incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and handed him over to the forces of U.N. recognized President Alassane Ouattara. French tanks apparently entered Gbagbo’s…

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French Soldiers Arrest Gbagbo

French troops were reported to be advancing towards the residence of the entrenched strongman Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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Attack Reported at Ivorian Stronghold

Laurent Gbagbo’s residence must be quite the stronghold: The Ivory Coast leader, who refuses to hand power over to his democratically elected successor, is still holed up. The latest assault came from U.N. and French helicopters, which were retaliating…

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U.N., France Fire on Gbagbo

Jane Hahn is in a unique position as one of few foreign photographers in Ivory Coast. But in a dangerous situation, she’s not even looking to make great photographs.

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Lens: A Limited Lens on Ivory Coast

With his rival, strongman Laurent Gbagbo, holed up in the presidential residence in Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara seems to be turning to the business of governing. In an attempt to restart the Ivory Coast’s ailing economy, Ouattara, the U.N.-recognized…

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Ouattara Wants Sanctions Lifted

The sounds of a fierce gun battle rang out early Thursday morning from the home of Laurent Gbagbo as the bloody fight to determine who would be the president of Ivory Coast continued, a Red Cross official said.

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Fierce gun battle at Gbagbo’s home

French forces have snatched the Japanese ambassador to safety from near the besieged presidential residence in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan.

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VIDEO: Japan’s ambassador rescued in Abidjan

Troops backing the internationally recognised president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, are rebuffed in attempts to oust incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.

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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo repels attack

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Even after airstrikes pounded holes in his garden, even after fighters encircled his home and stormed the gates, Laurent Gbagbo did not budge Wednesday from the bunker where he remains holed up.

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Ivory Coast strongman’s home comes under heavy arms fire as he remains in bunker

The conflict in the Ivory Coast may have reached its denouement, as forces loyal to the country’s elected president stormed the residence of Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to hand over power. “Negotiations with Gbabgo have failed,” said a spokesman…

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Forces Storm Gbagbo’s Residence

By most accounts, Laurent Gbagbo is on his last legs. The embattled Ivory Coast strongman is reportedly negotiating an end to a brutal succession conflict, cornered by forces from the U.N., France, and Alassane Ouattra, the democratically elected…

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Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Almost Out