ABIDJAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union raised pressure on Saturday on Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down, freezing assets of the West African country's cocoa-exporting ports, its state oil firm and three banks.
The latest move in international efforts to persuade Gbagbo to quit after an election he is widely held to have lost, the EU sanctions list included the state refiner SIR, the rubber sector body, SOGEPE energy utility and national broadcaster RTI.
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