ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – U.N. and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo’s last strongholds in Abidjan yesterday as forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara streamed into the city in a “final assault”.
Explosions and gunfire rang out from the direction of the Presidential Palace, the state broadcaster RTI, and one of two bridges connecting the lagoon-side city to the airport — among the last strategic footholds held by the incumbent leader who has refused to step down since a November election.
Attack helicopters commanded by the United Nations mission in the West African country fired missiles at Gbagbo’s military bases, and near
