Ivory Coast's president Gbagbo asks French ambassador to leave country
The government of incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo asked the French ambassador to leave the country in retaliation for the expulsion of the Ivorian ambassador from the embassy in France.
Abidjan - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender, a diplomat said Tuesday after the United Nations and French forces bombarded military sites, backing Ivorian fighters who are trying to install the elected president.