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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/un-warns-of-ivory-coast-civil-war.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="UN forces patrol outside the UN headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, after the disputed election" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-un-warns-of-ivory-coast-civil-war.jpg" alt="UN forces patrol outside the UN headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, after the disputed election"/></a></p>
<p>Ivory Coast risks returning to civil war unless former president Laurent Gbagbo accepts his election defeat, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned.</p>
<p>The UN and world leaders recognise Alassane Ouattara as the winner of last month&#8217;s disputed presidential election.</p>
<p>But Mr Gbagbo has refused to remove his forces which are surrounding the building where his rival is based.</p>
<p>The UN has said those inside are not getting needed medication, and that delivery of food and water has also been hampered.</p>
<p>Mr Gbagbo ordered UN peacekeepers out of the country over the weekend but they refused to leave, instead extending the mission&#8217;s mandate to June. Hundreds of UN peacekeepers are guarding the Golf Hotel, where Mr Ouattara is based.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Mr Gbagbo said &#8220;the international community has declared war on Ivory Coast&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I call on those who are still in the Golf Hotel to go home. No-one will prevent you from leaving.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fears have risen that UN personnel and other foreigners could be targeted in violence as tensions mount over the election.</p>
<p>Over the weekend, masked gunmen opened fire on the UN base in Ivory Coast, though no-one was harmed in the attack. Two military observers were wounded in another attack. The UN also says armed men have been intimidating UN staff at their private homes.</p>
<p>The UN secretary-general also said that the peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast has &#8220;confirmed that mercenaries, including freelance former combatants from Liberia, have been recruited to target certain groups in the population&#8221;.</p>
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