Private coups

With over 10,000 peacekeepers in country, France and the United Nations are pressing President Laurent Gbagbo to demobilise his militias (AC Vol 46 No 14). He has been rattled by ex-army commander Mathias Yehamun Doué's call for the army to overthrow him.

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France, Laurent Gbagbo, Mathias Yehamun Doué, Robert Gueï, Thabo Mbeki, Swiss, Simone Gbagbo, Alassane Ouattara, Innocent Sékongo, Jules Yao Yao, Bertrand Ramcharan, Alain Toussaint, Patrick Duron, Ivoirité, Ouest-France, Patriote, Le Patriote

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