Pro-Gbagbo soldiers fight Ouattara forces in Ivory Coast

The soldiers were fighting against troops backing his rival Alassane Ouattara. There was fighting on Saturday around the presidential palace, in the Ivory Coasts main city of Abidjan, between forces backing presidential rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara.The two sides are battling for control of the capital and there was more fighting reported around the state broadcaster, RTI, and military bases. Gunfire raged throughout the city.Gunbattles and the sounds of heavy weapons fire rang out across Abidjan as the countrys former rebels pressed an offensive to oust Gbagbo, who has refused to concede power.Residents said they heard loud explosions near Agban base, the citys largest, in the Adjame neighbourhood near Cocody where Gbagbo has his official residence.Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross says that more than 800 people were killed in inter-communal violence in a town in western Ivory Coast.The town was the first of many in Ivory Coast to fall earlier this week to an armed group vying to install the countrys democratically elected leader, Alassane Ouattara.