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| Gbagbo orders asset seizure from regional bank |
| 2011-01-27 |
| (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo has ordered the seizure of the country's assets from the West African central bank, media reports said Wednesday. According to the report, Gbagbo's finance minister Desire Dallo has announced on state television on Tuesday evening that all offices and employees of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) were being requisitioned by Cote d'Ivoire's government and would answer to local officials instead of their regional director in Senegal. |
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