AFP - Former Ivorian rebels allied with Alassane Ouattara, who hold the north, took Friday two localities in the west under the control of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo, while violence has won Yamoussoukro, political capital, Abidjan after .
Torn from the November 28 presidential between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, head of state recognized by the international community, the country descends from a week in the violence.
In the aftermath of fighting in Zouan-Hounien between elements of the former rebel New Forces (FN) and Defence Forces and Security (FDS) loyal to Mr.Gbagbo, the FN held Friday, "the whole city," one resident testified.
An official of the SDS in the area confirmed the capture of this town near the Liberian border by the opponent, but spoke of a "tactical withdrawal".
All units pre-positioned on the SDS old front line from west to east cutting the country since the clashes of 2002-2003 are "on alert", he added.
Going a little further south, the FN has also taken on Friday the small village of Bin Houyé, residents said.Farther south, in the same area, fighting raged throughout the day at the entrance to the great city of Toulépleu, witnesses said.
Fighting in the west but also in Abidjan have pushed 24 hours some 5,000 Ivorians flee to Liberia, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. This movement of population brings to nearly 45,000 the number of refugees in Liberia.
In Yamoussoukro (center), and political capital city symbol, the exchange of gunfire during the night left several people injured in the area of pro-Ouattara Dioulabougou, residents said, referring to shootings and firing "at the heavy weapons. "
In Abidjan, the neighborhood of Abobo (north), in favor of Mr.Ouattara, increasingly resembled a war zone after three days of fighting, including rocket launchers, between SDS and insurgents.
"There are bodies everywhere," said one pensioner, terrified.
Tanks were deployed but residents reported a lull on Friday.
Thousands of families fled terrorized however Abobo.Bundles on the head or shoulder, people were walking along a highway along the city zoo in the south.
"We can not stay there! Children cry," he told a mother.
The Gbagbo government has accused the "rebels" FN have "infiltrated" Abobo and other popular areas, with the complicity of the UN mission in the country, UNOCI.
Charles Ble Goude, minister and leader of the "patriotic" pro-Gbagbo, has called on young people to organize themselves into "self-defense committees" to prevent "by all means" to move UNOCI.
"Today it is not the rebels that we are at war, that UNOCI which we did," he said before about 3.000 people gathered in the district of Yopougon (west), the bastion of his champion.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "strongly deplored" the threats and demanded their "immediate cessation".
At Yopougon also clashes erupted in the morning. Young pro-Ouattara burned a bus and "patriots" have responded by burning several mini-cars ("gbakas"), a mode of transportation deemed controlled by the opposing camp, according to several witnesses. Clashes continued throughout the day.
