Odinga is now leaving Ivory Coast for Ghana , Burkina Faso and Mali . NEW : The United Nations votes to send 2,000 more troops was unanimous . In the past, UN forces have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan for a decade or so. The self-declared president reneged on a promise to lift a blockade of his rival . Observers say Alassane Ouattara won the presidential election in November . Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down .
NEW : The United Nations votes to send 2,000 more troops was unanimous . In the past, UN forces have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan for a decade or so. The self-declared president reneged on a promise to lift a blockade of his rival . Observers say Alassane Ouattara won the presidential election in November . Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down .