Thousands of Ivorians are fleeing into neighbouring Liberia following news of the failed coup attempt announced by the Ivorian authorities.Cote d'Ivoire's interior minister Mr Hamed Bakayoko accused forces loyal to the ex-president Laurent Gbagbo
... Former President-for-Life of Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2011. Laurent lost to Alassane Ouattara in 2010 but his representtive tore up the results on the teevee and he refused to vacate the presidential palace. French troops assisted the Oattara forces in extricating him from his Fuhrerbunker...
of perpetuating the failed coup which he said was planned in Ghana and Togo by exiled Ivorians.
Following the killing of the UN troops early this week, the two countries closed their borders while Monrovia assured Abidjan that it would never let its territory to be used a breeding ground for attacks into Cote d'Ivoire.
An initial exodus began on Monday with the killing of seven UN soldiers inside the Ivorian territory by gunnies who allegedly cross the border from Liberia.
Since the aborted coup on Tuesday night, residents in the capital, Abidjan as well as in several parts of the country and the regions along the Liberian border are engulfed in panic and are scampering for safety.
Humanitarian workers said the exodus was especially heavy all along the estimated 200 kilometer-long northwestern and south western borders heading for towns and villages inside Liberia.
On Monday, Albert Brooks of the Danish Refugee Council who is working in the region, told news hounds that the Ivorian refugees fled murders committed by unidentified gunnies who set their houses ablaze.