Ban pledges to help AU solve Ivory Coast crisis at summit
Addis Ababa – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged to help the African Union resolve Ivory Coast’s political crisis as leaders from the 53-nation bloc gathered in Addis Ababa amid the equally pressing troubles facing Egypt and Tunisia. Ivory Coast – along with the looming splitting up of Sudan – was high on the official agenda of the two-day meeting, although the crises in Tunisia and Egypt also cast their shadow over proceedings. November’s presidential election in Ivory Coast provoked a violent crisis in which over 270 people have died, according to the UN, with both incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and his internationally-recognized…
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