Thousands of Ivorians have fled to Liberia

GENEVA - The political violence in Ivory Coast, thousands ofpeople sought refuge in neighboring Liberia.

In recent weeks are definitely 14,000 Ivorians the border between the two countries crossed. That UN refugee agency UNHCRreported Saturday.
According to aid workers are mostly women and children fled.They contend, inter alia, health and shrinking food supplies.

Two politicians, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, a fewweeks have been fighting for the presidency of Côte d'Ivoire.Clashes between supporters of Ouattara and soldiers loyal toGbagbo have at least 173 people killed, according to the UN.