ABIDJAN (Reuters) - France joined the United Nations on Sunday in rejecting a demand by Laurent Gbagbo to quit Ivory Coast and stepped up calls for him to stand down as president after a disputed poll or face sanctions.
The world's top cocoa grower is locked in a dispute over a Nov. 28 presidential vote that both Gbagbo and rival Alassane Ouattara say they won. Ouattara's claim is backed by numerous foreign governments and the U.N. Security Council.
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