Pressure grows on defeated Gbagbo to resign

The United Nations' top envoy in Ivory Coast told the world body there was "only one winner" of the recent presidential election - and it was not the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo.

Speaking via a video link from Abidjan, Choi Young-jin urged the UN to take action against Mr Gbagbo to safeguard the result of the vote as a regional bloc of 15 countries in West Africa suspended Ivory Coast's membership and warned Mr Gbagbo to yield power immediately to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara.