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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Top Stories Most Popular Photos Full Coverage Sitemap Mbeki to mediate I.Coast 'two presidents' standoff AFP - Monday, December 6 Send IM Story Print Mbeki to mediate I.Coast 'two presidents' standoff ABIDJAN (AFP) - – Ivory Coast looked for a way out of its bloody presidential standoff Sunday with former South African leader Thabo Mbeki due on an emergency mediation mission. The African Union (AU) said it would send Mbeki to help settle the crisis after long-term incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara each claimed the presidency after a disputed election. Officials in Ivory Coast said Mbeki was expected to arrive on Sunday morning. Gbagbo has defied international calls for him to cede power after the United Nations recognised Ouattara as the winner, raising fears of further violence in the country where at least 17 people have been killed since last week. The AU entrusted Mbeki "with an emergency mission to Cote d'Ivoire in order to find a legitimate and peaceful solution to the crisis," it said after a meeting Saturday, referring to the country by its French name. As Gbagbo's allies hung the chain of office around his neck at a ceremony Saturday, ex-prime minister Alassane Ouattara swore himself in as president in a handwritten letter. The bizarre standoff unfolded amid reports of more deadly violence and urgent calls from world powers for a peaceful resolution to the disputed election, meant to end a decade of conflict in the west African country. UN-certified results from last Sunday's run-off vote showed Ouattara as the winner, but Gbagbo's high court allies overturned them by annulling allegedly rigged ballots in parts of the north, his rival's stronghold. The United States, European Union and others have recognised Ouattara as Ivory Coast's new president. The African Union also recognised the Independent Electoral Commission's result that gave him victory, condemning any attempt to seize power by a "fait accompli". Such a move would further complicate "an already serious situation" and plunge the country into "a crisis of incalculable consequences," it warned. But Gbagbo refused to step aside and told outsiders to mind their own business. "In recent days I have noted serious cases of interference," he said in a speech at the presidential headquarters after being sworn in by his allies before a roomful of whooping, clapping supporters. "I am charged with defending our sovereignty and I will not negotiate on that," he said. "I wish various people would pull themselves together." Ouattara countered by signing a handwritten oath of office and sending it in his "capacity as president" to the Constitutional Council, the court authorised to certify election results and declare the new president. Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, leader of the New Forces movement that controls the north, offered his resignation to Ouattara who immediately re-appointed him to the post, in front of reporters. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deep concern" at the "continuing stand off" in a fresh statement Saturday. The military has sealed the country's borders and jammed foreign news broadcasts, but a curfew in Abidjan failed to prevent deadly overnight shooting early Saturday, residents told AFP. After a nightly curfew passed, angry young Ouattara supporters hit the streets of Abidjan for a second day on Saturday, setting fire to tyres that sent thick black smoke into the sky. Soldiers were deployed in Abidjan, while armoured vehicles from the UN peacekeeping force in the country guarded the hotel housing Ouattara's campaign base, where Soro also spoke to reporters. Gbagbo's supporters in recent days have fanned the embers of lingering resentment against foreign interference, notably against the country's former colonial ruler France, with some yelling anti-white slogans in the streets. The US government warned Americans to avoid travel to the Ivory Coast, warning of a risk of "political unrest and potential violence." 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