The man who refuses to step down from the presidency in Ivory Coast is now ordering all U.N. peacekeepers to leave the country immediately, as AP reported. In a statement read on state television Saturday, a spokeswoman for incumbent Laurent Gbagbo said the U.N. mission has not remained neutral in the election dispute. The United Nations did not immediately respond to the request. The U.N. certified election results showing that Gbagbo's opponent won the election. About 800 U.N. peacekeepers have been protecting the compound where Alassane Ouattara is trying to govern the West African nation. Early Saturday, the U.N. says six masked assailants opened fire on the U.N. base in Ivory Coast. No one from the U.N. was harmed in the attack.
