Earlier the leaders of France and Britain called on Libyans to begin preparing for a new era without Colonel Caddafi and a joint statement Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron said Colonel Caddafi must go immediately. They urged his supporters to drop him before it’s too late. The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the international airstrike against Libyan government forces had gone beyond protecting civilians and
amount to
interference in the civil war.
象牙海岸总统瓦塔拉经过激烈争夺赢得西部城镇
Forces loyal to the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara had taken the western town of Zouan-Hounien after heavy fighting there. The strategically important town is the fifth Mr. Quattara forces have taken in their fight against forces loyal to Laruen Gbagbo who refuses to give up the presidency. John James reports.
Officials in the pro-Ouattara forces say their fighters have started moving south over a former cease fire line after being attacked by
militia
groups and
mercenaries
loyal to president Gbagbo. These claims are difficult to verify but what is clear is that the foreign rebels themselves on the offensive on two additional fronts. In public at least the state army has remained loyal to president Gbagbo, but the majority of the army voted for his rival Alassane Ouattara and outside the key Italians like their public god there is little enthusiasm for a fight. John James reporting.