they will be back in the country next week for more talks on persuading the disputed president, lawrence gbagbo, stepped down. leaders from a regional bloc tried to convince gbagbo to leave or face removal by force, but their efforts left little impact. in the capital, u.n. peacekeepers are facing angry protest from gbagbo supporters. >> newspaper headlines focused on a single story -- the mediation efforts on the economic community of west african states. >> ecoqas is the perfect body to find a solution. it is aware of the situation in ivory coast, and will be africans sorting out an african problem. ecowas has to get involved because all members are affected. >> the leaders have not yet found a solution to the political stalemate, and gbagbo seems unimpressed with threats to remove him by military force if necessary. on the streets of the capital, protesters continue to unleash their frustrations on u.n. peacekeepers. several soldiers were injured as the angry mob brought a convoy to a halt. and many civilians are concerned at the growing threat of violence. >> as far as i am concerned, they

they will be back in the country next week for more talks on persuading the disputed president, lawrence gbagbo, stepped down. leaders from a regional bloc tried to convince gbagbo to leave or face removal by force, but their efforts left little impact. in the capital, u.n. peacekeepers are facing angry protest from gbagbo supporters. >> newspaper headlines focused on a single story -- the mediation efforts on the economic community of west african states. >> ecoqas is the perfect body to find a solution. it is aware of the situation in ivory coast, and will be africans sorting out an african problem. ecowas has to get involved because all members are affected. >> the leaders have not yet found a solution to the political stalemate, and gbagbo seems unimpressed with threats to remove him by military force if necessary. on the streets of the capital, protesters continue to unleash their frustrations on u.n. peacekeepers. several soldiers were injured as the angry mob brought a convoy to a halt. and many civilians are concerned at the growing threat of violence. >> as far as i am concerned, they

. >> ifill: tell us about lawrence gbagbo. why is it that he is resisting so vigorously giving up his job? >> according to his supporters, the country ruled in favor that he had 1% and he considers that gives him the legal right to continue to sit as president of cote d'ivoire, or ivory coast. >> ifill: is there reason to believe he's doing this in good faith? >> that's why many ivoirians were hopeful. they had hoped for the most part that this election would be the culmination of all of the peace agreements that have been negotiated over the years that have postponed the elections which ordinarily would have been conducted in 2005, so here we are a month after that election, all of this fighting, people still waiting to get an outcome that can give them the sense that ivory coast is in the process of healing and national reconciliation. >> ifill: assuming that is not immediately at hand, that outcome, is there still a diplomatic alternative on the ble? >> many ivorians are hoping, and many africans too, but many africans and