Cote d'Ivoire: Counting Underway After Polls
Voting took place on December 11, in the first legislative elections since the crisis that followed Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to stand down.
A bus station in Abidjan.
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Cote d'Ivoire:
UN Calls For Calm as Votes Counted
UN News, 12 December 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Ivorian political parties and candidates to continue to act peacefully as counting gets under way in polls to elect the 225 members of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Peaceful Election in Cote d'Ivoire, Despite Boycott - UN
Vanguard, 12 December 2011
The UN operations in Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday in Abidjan, said legislative elections in the country were peaceful in most parts of the country in spite of low turn out of voters. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Elections Unfolding in a Positive, Calm Atmosphere - UN Envoy
UN News, 11 December 2011
Voting for the parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire today is occurring "smoothly in a positive and calm atmosphere," said the United Nations envoy in the country, who has… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Low Turnout in First Post-Gbagbo Poll
RFI, 11 December 2011
There was a low turnout Sunday in Côte d'Ivoire's first general election after the ousting of former president Laurent Gbagbo, whose supporters boycotted the poll. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire
This is Africa, 15 November 2011
"The institutional framework for democracy is not complete until we have parliamentary elections. We hope all parties, including the former president's party, will participate" Read more »