Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo has been detained in Abidjan and placed under UN police guard.

He was arrested as forces of the internationally-recognised successor Alassane Ouattara and French tanks advanced on his residence.

Mr Gbagbo had been refusing to cede power, saying he had won November's presidential election.

France said pro-Ouattara troops had detained him, but aides to Mr Gbagbo said it was French special forces.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the detention of Mr Gbagbo had brought to an end months of unnecessary conflict, and the UN would support the new government.

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Awww, look at his innocent wife. I think they should let her go until they prove she's part of this. She's prolly a victim of African woman's traditional role as a wife.