The authorities in Ivory Coast say they have foiled a plot to overthrow the government organised by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo.
The interior minister said arrests had been made and documents seized.
He said the coup plotters were linked to Liberian mercenaries and Ivorian militias who were accused of killing seven UN peacekeepers last week.
Mr Gbagbo is awaiting trial in The Hague in connection with last year's dispute when he refused to stand down.
The violent four-month stand-off ensued when he refused to concede victory in December 2010 to the internationally recognised winner of election, Alassane Ouattara.
The news of the coup plot comes as a further four people were killed on Tuesday close to the border with Liberia as the UN continues to track down an armed group behind the UN killings last Friday.
Video confessions
Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko's revelations, made in an interview on national television, follow the arrest last week in Togo of a key ally of Mr Gbagbo, Moise Lida Kouassi.
Mr Kouassi, once a defence minister, was extradited to Ivory Coast and during questioning admitted having information about the coup plot, planned for earlier in the year.
Part of his video-taped confession was also shown on Ivorian television.he authorities in Ivory Coast say they have foiled a plot to overthrow the government organised by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo.
The interior minister said arrests had been made and documents seized.
He said the coup plotters were linked to Liberian mercenaries and Ivorian militias who were accused of killing seven UN peacekeepers last week.
Mr Gbagbo is awaiting trial in The Hague in connection with last year's dispute when he refused to stand down.
The violent four-month stand-off ensued when he refused to concede victory in December 2010 to the internationally recognised winner of election, Alassane Ouattara.
The news of the coup plot comes as a further four people were killed on Tuesday close to the border with Liberia as the UN continues to track down an armed group behind the UN killings last Friday.
Video confessions
Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko's revelations, made in an interview on national television, follow the arrest last week in Togo of a key ally of Mr Gbagbo, Moise Lida Kouassi.
Mr Kouassi, once a defence minister, was extradited to Ivory Coast and during questioning admitted having information about the coup plot, planned for earlier in the year.
Part of his video-taped confession was also shown on Ivorian television.
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