BBC News with Kathy Clugston

The">The former South African leader Thabo Mbeki has spent a day in Ivory Coast meeting the two men who are claiming to have won the country's presidency after a disputed election. He met the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential palace before

leaving for

talks with Mr Gbagbo's rival Alassane Ouattara at the hotel where he's being protected by United Nations troops. From Abidjan, John James reports.

Thabo Mbeki was guarded in his comments after meeting with Laurent Gbagbo at the presidential residence.

The

opulent

surroundings of the state house were as clear a sign as any that Mr Gbagbo is still very much the man in charge in Abidjan, backed by the army, police and state television.

Mr Mbeki said he'd only comment when he finishes a round of visits that started with the head of the United Nations mission, Young Jin-choi, and will continue with the heads of the Constitutional Council and the Independent Electoral Commission. The council said Mr Gbagbo won last weekend's presidential election,

overturn

ing an earlier announcement by the head of the commission that Mr Ouattara had won.

Some of the latest classified diplomatic documents released by the website Wikileaks reveal American concern about the ease with which militant Islamic groups raise money in the Middle East. Wikileaks has published a secret memo from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Mike Wooldridge reports.