The Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo said Tuesday night that he would accept a “commission of investigation” from overseas to examine the results of the presidential election last month, which the United Nations and foreign powers say he lost to Alassane Ouattara. Speaking on state television, Mr. Gbagbo said he did not “want any more bloodshed.” Meanwhile, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, expressed concern over the safety of the peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast; Nigeria evacuated its diplomats; the United States announced a travel ban on Mr. Gbagbo and his associates; and Mr. Ouattara’s government called for a campaign of “disobedience.”
Source: New York Times
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