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L-R) Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma, Cape Verde's President Pedro Pires and Benin's President Boni Yayi stand outside the presidential palace in Abidjan January 3, 2011
Wednesday, Jan. 05, 2011

Open quoteLet me say without any equivocation that the military option is still on the card.Close quote

  • JAMES VICTOR GBEHO,
  • president of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, saying African leaders may have to use force to solve Ivory Coast's postelection crisis as incumbent Laurent Gbagbo continues to refuse to relinquish power
Photo: Luc Gnago / Reuters | Source: Reuters