BBC News - Ivory Coast: Gbagbo held after assault on residence: "Ivory Coast politician Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered after a military assault on his residence in Abidjan and has been put under UN guard.
Forces of his UN-recognised successor, Alassane Ouattara, and French tanks advanced on his residence where he had been ensconced in a bunker.
Mr Gbagbo had been refusing to cede power, insisting he won November's presidential election.
There are conflicting accounts of how he finally surrendered.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the detention of Mr Gbagbo had brought to an end months of unnecessary conflict, and the UN would support the new government."
Forces of his UN-recognised successor, Alassane Ouattara, and French tanks advanced on his residence where he had been ensconced in a bunker.
Mr Gbagbo had been refusing to cede power, insisting he won November's presidential election.
There are conflicting accounts of how he finally surrendered.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the detention of Mr Gbagbo had brought to an end months of unnecessary conflict, and the UN would support the new government."
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