(Associated Press: 0906 PST, April 11, 2011) After a week of heavy fighting, forces backing Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized leader of Cote d'Ivoire, arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo after he refused to leave the presidency, French diplomats said.

Gbagbo's Checkered Political Career

(Al Jazeera English: 0846 PST, April 11, 2011) Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Cote d'Ivoire, has been captured by forces loyal to his rival Alassane Ouattara, the man the international community says won a November presidential election.

Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone takes a look at back the political career of a man whose presidency began in much the same chaotic vein as it ended.