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Jordanian UN Peacekeepers secure Laurent Gbagbo's Republican Guard Headquarters before removing weapons in Treichville a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in April 2011. After months of post election violence, Laurent Gbagbo finally ceded power to Alassane Ouattara with the aid of French and UN forces allied with the FRCI.

Jordanian UN Peacekeepers secure Laurent Gbagbo's Republican Guard Headquarters before removing weapons in Treichville a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in April 2011. After months of post election violence, Laurent Gbagbo finally ceded power to Alassane Ouattara with the aid of French and UN forces allied with the FRCI.