Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro Friday held the first meeting of his new cabinet which replaced a sacked government and said talks were on to include the opposition in the new administration. "It's a government with a mission that should accomplish its task in the next three or four months" leading the country to long-delayed elections, Soro added after ...

A new opposition-led electoral panel took charge Friday of planning a long-awaited presidential poll in Ivory Coast, with support from President Laurent Gbagbo's party in its task. The naming of the new Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) late Thursday marked a key step on the way out of a crisis that began when Gbagbo on February 12 dissolved the previous ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's opposition will call off violent protests that have rocked the West African nation since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission on February 12, a spokesman said on Friday. The country, the world's top producer of cocoa, announced the formation of a new electoral commission after having named a replacement government, key ...