French armoured vehicles took up positions near Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo’s home today prompting thousands of his angry supporters, fearing an overthrow attempt, to march to the scene.

MACHETE-waving mobs looted and burned in Ivory Coast’s largest cities yesterday.

Machete-waving mobs went on the rampage in Ivory Coast’s largest cities today after a day of sudden ground and air clashes between forces of France and its former colony.

More than 80 remaining Taliban prisoners holed up in a prison fortress were flushed out from their hiding places.