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Events on Saturday 4 December 2010 1
2010Ivorian election crisis beginsDisputed presidential vote splits the countryA presidential runoff election in Ivory Coast produced rival claims to victory, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refusing to concede to challenger Alassane Ouattara despite international recognition of Ouattara's win. The standoff plunged the country into a political crisis that escalated into armed conflict the following year. It ended Ivory Coast's decade of post-civil-war stability only temporarily.