Cote d'Ivoire: Politics-Cote d'Ivoire: Mediators Push for October Presidential Poll

Abidjan — Under pressure from an increasingly demanding and exasperated international community, Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d'Ivoire's head of state, has set Oct. 30 as the date for new presidential election.

South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is mediating the Ivorian conflict, also favours election in October, according to official reports of his latest meeting with Ivorian belligerents in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, June 29.

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