Al Jazeera is reporting that Gbagbo is not negotiating, but at this point his only other option is certain death. Quite a few people, including Gbagbo, could have lived had he only accepted the election results. The Guardian:
Ivory Coast's president, Laurent Gbagbo, has been holed up in a bunker with his family and a handful of supporters as army generals negotiated his surrender.
The former history professor turned politician, who refused to accept that he had lost last year's election, is facing an ignominious end to his 10-year rule after waging a desperate war to preserve it.
As he sheltered in the basement of his presidential palace surrounded by forces loyal to his rival, Alassane Ouattara, the UN said that it had received calls from Gbagbo's three top generals – the head of the armed forces, the head of the police and the head of the elite republican guard – offering to negotiate terms for surrender in return for guarantees of safety.
