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Ivory Coast Civilians Find Shelter from Fighting in Abidjan Church

   Scott Stearns | Abidjan  March 03, 2011
   Resident walk past shops looted and destroyed in the Abobo district of
   Abidjan, March 2, 2011

Photo: AFP

   Resident walk past shops looted and destroyed in the Abobo district of
   Abidjan, March 2, 2011

   In  Ivory  Coast,  more than 30,000 people have fled a neighborhood of
   the  commercial capital Abidjan because of fighting between supporters
   of  the country's rival governments. One church has become a sanctuary
   for some of those displaced.
   At the gates of Abidjan's Saint Ambroise Church, young volunteers come
   early  to  greet  families who are fleeing nearly two weeks of renewed
   fighting  between supporters of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and
   supporters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
   Many  of  these  displaced left home quickly, packing what they could,