Ivory Coast Refugee's

More than 450,000 people have fled their homes because of the crisis in Ivory Coast, the UN refugee agency says....

Some 370,000 people have fled their homes in Abidjan, while a further 77,000 have crossed into neighbouring Liberia, according to the UNHCR.

It said the "unfolding tragedy" in Ivory Coast had been overlooked while international attention has been focused on North Africa.

"We're seeing a lot of desolate scenes like dead bodies still littering the streets of [Abidjan district] Abobo where's there's been a lot of violence for weeks," UNHCR spokeswoman Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba told the BBC.