Ivory Coast: first election results released
Electoral commission spokesman Bamba Yacouba has announced vote tallies from about 2.2 million of the country’s 5.7 million registered voters so far. The results show Gbagbo with about 35 percent of votes cast, compared to roughly the same amount for opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, according to an Associated Press tabulation. Ex-president Henri Konan Bedie was in third place with about 27 percent. The vote, the first since a brief civil war split the world’s No. 1 cocoa producer in two, is seen as a critical turning point in Ivory Coast’s history. Many hope it will restore stability and reunify the country, but some…
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