Pasukan pemelihara perdamaian yang didukung oleh pasukan dari bekas kekuatan kolonial Pantai Gading, Perancis, berpatroli di zona penyangga antara kedua pihak, tapi upaya penengahan internasional telah tenggelam di tengah percekcokan antara pemerintah Gbagbo, pemberontak dan partai politik.
U.N. peacekeepers backed by forces from former colonial power France patrol a buffer zone between the two sides, but international mediation efforts have foundered amid bickering between Gbagbo's government, the rebels and political parties.