Gbagbo camp appeals to end I Coast unrest

Former Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's political party called on his supporters Saturday to "end the war" and "the escalation of violence" in the country following his arrest.
"In many places, some of our compatriots are still fighting," said Pascal Affi N'Guessan, the leader of Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), standing alongside former foreign minister Alcide Djedje.
"We must stop the escalation of violence," he said in a statement at a hotel where he and other former members of Gbagbo's regime have taken refuge.
"In the name of peace, let us end the war. Let us put an end to all forms of belligerence and confrontation," he said. "We must give our country the chance for restoration and reconstruction."
Of the 120-some people arrested with Gbagbo on Monday, 30 members of his family, including his grandchildren, were released and taken to "a destination we are keeping confidential", Ouattara's justice minister, Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio, said on the new government's TCI television.
Another 38 people arrested, mainly house staff including cooks and gardeners, were also released and "each has gone home", he said.
At the same time the Ouattara administration struggled to get the country moving again with civil servants who had stayed home during the fierce fighting between the forces of the rival leaders ordered to return to work on Monday.
Also classes are expected to resume in Ivorian schools on April 26, TCI reported.
But Ouattara is not getting unanimous support from his African neighbours with Gambia still backing Gbagbo and opposed to the use of foreign forces.
In Paris some 2,200 people gathered opposite the Eiffel tower for a pro-Ouattara rally, chanting thanks to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the United Nations for their help in bringing change to Ivory Coast.
Across town at the Bastille, a counter-demonstration in support of Gbagbo drew several dozen people, an AFP correspondent reported.