Mediators try to end political stalemate in Ivory Coast

As the political stalemate continues in Ivory Coast International mediators are trying to negotiate an end to this crisis where both candidates in a disputed election claim to be the new President.
Opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara was initially declared the winner but a court overturned the result in incumbent President Laurant Gbagbo's favour.
In the northern opposition stronghold of Bouake, several hundred people marched down a main boulevard on Sunday afternoon, calling for Mr Gbagbo to stand down.
Meanwhile, The Archbishop of Bouakè has called for all Christians to remain united despite political divisions in the country.
The man charged with this mediation mission at the behest of the African Union former South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday after arriving in the capital Abidjan that «It was important not to have violence, not to return to war _ and to find a peaceful solution,».
The international community has recognized opposition leader Alassane Ouattara as the winner of the presidential run off vote held one week ago in Ivory Coast.

But there are now real fears that this country could again be divided in two when the West African Nation split into a rebel-controlled north and government-controlled south by a 2002-2003 civil war.
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