Ivory Coast president: Gbagbo will face charges

IVORY Coast’s president said the country’s arrested strongman will face charges “on a national level and an international level” as the president attempts to restore order after a bloody four-month standoff.

Alassane Ouattara said strongman Laurent Gbagbo has been moved out of the Golf Hotel, where he was taken after his capture on Monday. He said Gbagbo will be kept in a villa and that his rights as a former head of state will be respected.

A UN official said that its peacekeeping forces are providing personal security protection for Gbagbo.