Kenya’s Odinga named to mediate Ivory Coast political crisis
Nairobi, Kenya – The African Union has named Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga to lead a delegation to mediate the ongoing political crisis in Ivory Coast. With two men – incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara – claiming victory in the Ivory Coast’s November runoff presidential elections, the crisis has become bitter and violent, claiming over 200 lives, and sending some 14,000 Ivorians fleeing into neighboring countries. The elections were tightly contested and international observers and…
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