Ivory Coast protesters demonstrate in front of the presidential residence in Abidjan, November 9, 2004. At least five people were killed in a fourth day of mob violence in Ivory Coast on Tuesday and protesters accused French troops of opening fire on them. Demonstrators said French troops had shot at them from a hotel in an upmarket district of the country's main city Abidjan, while the French military declined immediate comment. Reuters/Luc Gnago
Ivory Coast protesters carry the body of a demonstrator shot in front of a hotel in Abidjan, November 9, 2004. At least five people were killed in a fourth day of mob violence in Ivory Coast on Tuesday and protesters accused French troops of opening fire on them. Demonstrators said French troops had shot at them from a hotel in an upmarket district of the country's main city Abidjan, while the French military declined immediate comment. Reuters/Luc Gnago
A man looks at a UN vehicle burning in the car park of the hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, following an anti-French demonstration.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)
Pro-government demonstrators with national flags protest in front of the French-commandeered Hotel Ivoire in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to launch an African effort to rein in chaos amid four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Pro-government demonstrators protest around a French armoured vehicle in front of the commandeered Hotel Ivoire in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan on Tuesday Nov.9, 2004. South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to launch an African effort to rein in chaos amid four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
An Ivorian government soldier with a rocket-launcher stands guard outside Abidjan's luxury Hotel Ivoire where the Ivory Coast Armed Forces (FANCI) and French and UN military forces were meeting.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)