A riot policeman stands guard in front of Ivory Coast's national television station in Abidjan November 28, 2006. Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday accused the interim prime minister of making a "seditious" statement, escalating a power struggle that is hampering peace efforts in the war-divided nation. Gbagbo's spokesman Desire Tagro announced the dismissal of the head of state broadcaster Radio Television Ivoirienne (RTI) for airing the remarks, which criticised Gbagbo's reinstatement of officials implicated in a toxic waste scandal. Gbagbo named Brou Amessan as the new head of RTI to succeed Kebe Yacouba.
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