Tag: ivory coast elections
Ivory Coast rebels must disarm before polls: defence minister
Ivory Coast's defence minister has said rebels must disarm before elections can be held, a demand which could further delay a poll...
Ivory Coast president could delay vote for months
Weeks of chaos that followed President Laurent Gbagbo's ousting of Ivory Coast's electoral commission boss last month have enabled him to delay...
Ivory Coast opposition to join govt, end protests
Ivory Coast's opposition will join the new government and call off violent protests that have rocked the nation since President Laurent Gbagbo...
Re-launch Ivorian election process: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, the mediator in Ivory Coast's crisis, has publicly called on Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to quickly re-launch...
Ivory Coast suspends registration of voters
Ivory Coast has suspended its voter registration process indefinitely because of rising tensions, the government said, casting doubt on when the long...
Thousands of Ivorians march against poll delays
Thousands of Ivorian opposition supporters marched peacefully through Abidjan yesterday to protest against what they said was President Laurent Gbagbo's stranglehold on...
Poll dispute exposes Ivorian identity tensions
A row over Ivory Coast's voter register has thrust the issue of Ivorian nationality to the fore, exposing festering disputes that still...
Ivory Coast’s premier annuls disputed voter names
Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has annulled hundreds of thousands of disputed names on the electoral register, after complaints from President Laurent...
Additional UN peacekeepers requested in Côte d’Ivoire
The Presidents of Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso have asked that an additional unit of up to 500 peacekeepers from Burkina Faso...
Ivorian poll commission says has listed all voters
Ivory Coast's electoral commission said yesterday it had settled all legal disputes over its provisional voter list, paving the way for a...
Ivory Coast extends voter list deadline
Ivory Coast's electoral commission extended a period for contesting voter lists by 10 days to Jan. 6 as fewer than half of...
