Both candidates claim presidency in Ivory Coast
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) — First came a political row over the rightful winner of Ivory Coast’s presidential election. Saturday, two men laid claim to the West African nation’s highest post. Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo defied international appeals to step aside and was sworn in as the new president in a formal ceremony inside the presidential palace that was broadcast live on television. Less than an hour-and-a-half later, his rival, Alassane Ouattara, told reporters that he, too, had taken the oath of office and asked Prime Minister Soro Guillaume to form a new government. Abidjan, under a 7 p.m. curfew, saw an eerie calm fall Saturday…
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