AU assigns 6 presidents to mediate in Ivory Coast
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union has named a panel of six African presidents to mediate Ivory Coast’s political crisis. The list announced Monday at the AU summit includes two leaders who came to power through elections – the presidents of South Africa and Tanzania. But the panel also includes three men who headed coups in their countries – the leaders of Mauritania, Chad and Burkina Faso. Nigeria’s president and the current chairman of the African Union also will serve on the panel, which is being given a month to try to resolve the crisis in Ivory Coast. The country’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo has refused to leave office two months after the international community said he…
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