On air at 1100 GMT: The latest from Ivory Coast
| 10:09 UK time, Tuesday, 5 April 2011
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Some commentators are suggesting these could be the in Ivory Coast. Troops loyal to the UN recognised President Alassane Ouattara say they have captured the Presidential palace, where it's thought Laurent Gbagbo has been holed up.
The significant turning point came hours earlier when UN and French helicopters
Throughout the morning we've been speaking to people in Ivory Coast and a number of them say they fear civillian casualties. Jerome in Norway will be on the show at 1100GMT. He's been speaking to his family in Abidjan who say many Gbagbo supporters took refuge in military camps that were later bombed and shelled. We can't verify whether this is true. But it does show the fear amongst civillians.
According to the French Ambassador, Laurent Gbagbo, is apparently
"Abidjan has become a rumour mill and I do not want to add to the disinformation. What I have learned is that since yesterday he (Gbagbo) has been seeking to negotiate. It is not too late."
About four million civillians have been trapped by days of fighting and looting in Abidjan.
"As the city waited nervously, many people were running out of food. One woman trapped inside her office when the violence erupted said she survived for four days on a packet of diet biscuits, a bottle of whisky and a few cans of fizzy drinks."
We'll be speaking to people in Ivory Coast on our early edition, having said that the WHYS team has spoken to people inside Ivory Coast in the last couple of hours but as I write phone lines seem to be down. Fingers crossed we can get through for the programme.
