Ivory Coast 's President Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast 's President Laurent Gbagbo (C) shakes with apostolic nuncio Ambroise Madtha after he presented his New Year Wishes during a ceremony held at the presidential palace on January 6, 2010. The presidential poll, now scheduled to take place in late February or early March, postponed six times since 2005, is aimed at ending a crisis that began with a foiled coup in September 2002 against Gbagbo by the New Forces led by Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (Out of camera range), which subsequently left the country split between the rebel-held north and a government controlled south. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images)