The Ivorian military has sealed the country’s borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara had won. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo had tried to block the long-delayed result, alleging fraud in the north. The UN Security Council asked both sides to show restraint. “The air, land and sea border of the…
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Ivory Coast army ‘seals borders’
The Ivorian military has sealed the country’s borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara had won. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo had tried to block the long-delayed result, alleging fraud in the north. The UN Security Council asked both sides to show restraint. “The air, land and sea border of the…
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Ivory Coast army ‘seals borders’
The Ivorian military has sealed the country’s borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara had won. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo had tried to block the long-delayed result, alleging fraud in the north. The UN Security Council asked both sides to show restraint. “The air, land and sea border of the…
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Ivory Coast army ‘seals borders’
The Ivorian military has sealed the country’s borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara had won. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo had tried to block the long-delayed result, alleging fraud in the north. The UN Security Council asked both sides to show restraint. “The air, land and sea border of the…
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Ivory Coast army ‘seals borders’
The Ivorian military has sealed the country’s borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara had won. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo had tried to block the long-delayed result, alleging fraud in the north. The UN Security Council asked both sides to show restraint. “The air, land and sea border of the…
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Ivory Coast army ‘seals borders’