Soldiers loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara return from fighting to a checkpoint serving as an operating base, at one of the main entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. #

Supporters of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo raise their hands in a show of support, at a pro-Gbagbo rally in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, January 9, 2011. #

Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo waits for the arrival of African Union Commission chief Jean Ping and African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra at the Presidential residence in Abidjan on March 5, 2011. Ping was sent into the fray by a panel of five African heads of state tasked with finding a peaceful solution to the dispute in which both men claim to be president. #

Women face off against soldiers in an unauthorized protest calling for Laurent Gbagbo to step down, in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, February 28, 2011. Shortly after this picture was taken, soldiers began firing to disperse the protesters. #

Men show bloodstains left on the street where at least six women where allegedly shot dead by security forces loyal to Ivory Coast's strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, on March 3, 2011 in Abobo, a working class neighborhood of Abidjan. Forces opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators calling for the ouster of Gbagbo. #

A soldier loyal to Alassane Ouattara wears an antique gas mask as he waits to deploy with other soldiers at a checkpoint at one of the principal entrances to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. #

An internally displaced woman in Duekoue, western Ivory Coast. She and the many others in this Catholic mission IDP camp were driven from their homes by attacks from pro-Ouattara militias in January, 2011. Photo from the Catholic mission IDP camp and the Celestine Church. Original here. #

Children play in a UNHCR tent at St. Ambrose church in Angree in Abidjan March 18, 2011. The church is being used as a temporary refuge for people fleeing from clashes between forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara. #

A fighter opposed to Laurent Gbagbo's bid to cling to power displays the amulets he wears to protect himself from enemy fire, in the Abobo district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast Saturday, March 12, 2011. Since repelling intense attacks by security forces two weeks ago, an armed force - dubbed the "Invisible Commandos" and comprising neighborhood residents, former rebels, and defecting security forces - has been steadily gaining ground in Abidjan's northern suburbs. The group, allied with internationally-recognized president Alassane Ouattara, now controls a large swath of territory including Anyama and most of Abobo. #

A UN peacekeeper from Jordan patrols the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast on April 3rd, 2011. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender, a diplomat said Tuesday, April 5, 2011, after United Nations and French forces bombarded military sites, backing Ivorian fighters who are trying to install the elected president. #

A UN peacekeeper from Jordan Battalion reloads his weapon as he returns fire on troops supporting Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo during a patrol in the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast on April 3rd, 2011. #

Pro-Ouattara fighters of the FRCI (Republican Force of Ivory Coast), one of them wearing a gas mask, prepare for the so-called "final assault" in front of the Golf Hotel in Abidjan on April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is hunkered down in a bunker at his residence in Abidjan, after calling for a ceasefire as rival forces cornered him, the UN mission said. #

Karidja Cisse walks through her kitchen, damaged by a mortar during a Saturday bombardment by government forces, in the PK18 area of Abobo, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. #

A man helps a boy to board a bus at the bus station of Adjame in Abidjan March 20, 2011. Thousands of Ivorians fleeing violence in the commercial capital Abidjan gathered in its main bus station on Sunday, crowding onto buses carrying suitcases full of belongings they had salvaged to head to the countryside. #

Youth supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo gather at a stadium at army headquarters to sign up for military service in Abidjan March 21, 2011. Thousands of youth supporters of Gbagbo answered a call to join the army on Monday, adding fuel to a violent power struggle that risks sending the country back to civil war. #

A Pro-Gbagbo militiamen mans a post in the empty streets of Abidjan as forces loyal to the internationally recognized Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara approach the capital, on March 31, 2011. #

A man who was shot in the hip by security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo rests following initial treatment at a health clinic in the Anyama suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast Saturday, March 12, 2011. #

Ivory Coast's internationally-recognized President, Alassane Ouattara, meets with African Union commission chairman Jean Ping, not pictured, at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Saturday, March 5, 2011. Ping traveled to Abidjan on Saturday to invite Ouattara and defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to attend a March 10 meeting of AU leaders in Ethiopia. #

Explosions are seen during an attack by U.N. and French armed forces in Abidjan April 4, 2011. French helicopters opened fire on a military camp in Abidjan on Monday, French armed forces spokesman Thierry Burkhard said. Earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had authorized France's military to join a U.N. operation against forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo. #

Explosions are seen at a camp of soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo during an attack by U.N. and French armed forces in Treichville in Abidjan April 4, 2011. U.N. and French helicopters attacked Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara streamed into the city from the north. #

Forces loyal to Ivorian presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara wait beside an injured man in the capital Abidjan, April 2, 2011. Soldiers of Ivory Coast's rival leaders battled for the presidential palace, military bases and state TV in the main city Abidjan on Saturday, in a conflict becoming so brutal that it killed 800 people in one town alone. #

Civilians raise up their hands as they walk down a street under control of soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, near the presidential palace in Abidjan April 4, 2011. Troops loyal to Gbagbo have held on to positions around the presidential palace and at his residence in the well-to-do Cocody suburb. #

A French tank crosses General de Gaulle bridge in Abidjan April 5, 2011. Four French tanks and several armored personnel vehicles crossed bridges formerly held by forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan on Tuesday, a Reuters correspondent said. #

Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara point to men they claim to recognize among several dozen prisoners captured during fighting and patrols in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. #

Backers of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo seized by supporters of Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader Alassane Ouattara are held on April 5, 2011 at the Golf Hotel, Ouattara's headquarters in Abidjan. Gbagbo supporters on April 6 accused French troops and forces loyal to Ouattara of staging an assassination attempt by attacking his residence and the presidential palace. #

A plume of smoke rises over Abidjan April 6, 2011. Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday stormed the residence of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo who has refused to cede power, a spokeswoman for Ouattara forces told Reuters. #