Heavy guns fire in Abidjan

RABAT, April 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Intensive fighting with the use of heavy
guns raged in central Abidjan on Thursday, Reuters reported quoting local
residents as saying fighting was heard near the state broadcaster, RTI, as
well as in neighborhoods in the south of the city.
Fighting erupted after forces of presidential claimant Alassane
Ouattara's marched into Ivory Coast's main city, and his camp said
incumbent Laurent Gbagbo had just hours left in power.
Gbagbo's forces defend positions around the presidential palace.
Ouattara's Prime Minister Guillaume Soro said Gbagbo had only two or
three hours left in power and the "game is over."
Quattara has ordered the closure of Ivory Coast's land, air and sea
borders until further notice.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "calls on former President Laurent
Gbagbo to immediately cede power to President Ouattara to enable the full
transition of state institutions to the legitimate authorities," his press
service said.