It's been an up and down weekend for the duly diselected president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, pictured. [Seems we had the wrong picture last week. Apologies. Ed.]
On Saturday there were reports from the usual unreliable sources that he and his presidential guard had broken out of their basement bunker in one of Abidjan's two presidential palaces, and were counter-attaching forces loyal to president-elect-but-not-installed Alassane Ouattara. Now Reuters has breaking news. The French, having tired already of their little foray into Libya, have turned their attention to their former colony.
French forces "detained" M. Gbagbo in his residence, according to Hervé Cohx, an "advisor" to Ouattara, and are now taking him to the Golf Hotel where he will be served for dinner. [Is this right? Perhaps just "served dinner"? Ed.]
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