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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s internationally recognized leader, Alassane Ouattara, said Saturday that he will attend a meeting of African Union leaders in Ethiopia this week, in the latest bid to find a resolution to his country’s escalating crisis.
The trip will mark the first time Ouattara will leave a hotel where he has been under 24-hour U.N. protection since being declared winner of the Nov. 28 election. Results certified by the U.N. indicate Ouattara won by a landslide. But his rival, sitting President Laurent Gbagbo, is refusing to leave office.
