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President Gbagbo tells his followers to talk peace and prepare for war

The regime in Abidjan is threatened by northern rebels and allies of the sacked army chief, General Mathias Doué. President Laurent Gbagbo has told ruling party officials and presidential aides to avoid inflammatory statements, partly because a United Nations' travel ban and financial sanctions could hit anyone obstructing peace. 'We must totally exclude war, we are now on the path of negotiation', says security advisor Kadet Bertin. Yet the Forces Armées Nationales de Côte d'Ivoire have been secretly building up militia forces....

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Mathias Doué, Laurent Gbagbo, Kadet Bertin, Gbagbo's scorpions, 'Scorpion' Zamble, Jules Yao, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Alassane Dramane Ouattara., Liberia, Boniface Konan, Dogbo Ble Brunot, Tiapé Edouard Kassarate, Touvoly Bi Zogbo, Gnatoa Paulin Kate, , Nadjé Zadi, Forces Armées Nationales de Côte d'Ivoire, Les Scorpions, Forces Nouvelles, Fusiliers Marins, Commandos, Détachement Mobile d'Intervention Rapide, Garde Républicaine, Gendarmerie, Cabinet Militaire

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