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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gbagbo-seizes-electricity-supply.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has seized the nation's electric company (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-gbagbo-seizes-electricity-supply.jpg" alt="Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has seized the nation's electric company (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Ivory Coast&#8217;s incumbent leader has seized the nation&#8217;s electric company and its distribution centre.</p>
<p>The latest move comes a day after Laurent Gbagbo&#8217;s allies took over the regional central bank&#8217;s offices in an attempt to retain their access to state coffers.</p>
<p>The national electricity company issued a statement on Thursday saying its central distribution centre had been seized by Mr Gbagbo&#8217;s government for reasons of national security.</p>
<p>Mr Gbagbo, who the international community says lost November&#8217;s presidential election, has refused to give up power.</p>
<p>His opponent, Alassane Ouattara, was certified the election winner by the United Nations, but remains confined to a luxury hotel by security forces loyal to Mr Gbagbo.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Central Bank of West African States protested against Mr Gbagbo&#8217;s decision to take over its operations in Ivory Coast, calling the move &#8220;a flagrant violation of international agreements&#8221;.</p>
<p>The bank ordered all its offices in the country to be closed until further notice.</p>
<p>Soldiers and military police surrounded the bank&#8217;s headquarters in the capital, Abidjan, on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Local press reports said safes at the bank were opened and that the cash stores on the premises were seized, though these accounts could not be independently verified.</p>
<p>While bank employees were ordered to report to work on Thursday, computer networks with the outside had been cut, preventing Mr Gbagbo&#8217;s allies from being able to access funds, local press reports said.</p>
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