Five killed in tense run-up to Ivory Coast vote

09 Dec, 2011

Five people have died since the start of the campaign for Ivory Coast's legislative election, officials said Thursday, warning against a repeat of the poll that tore the country apart last year. With former strongman Laurent Gbagbo sitting in an International Criminal Court cell in the Netherlands and his party boycotting the vote, the new president, Alassane Ouattara, is widely expected to cruise to victory. A rocket killed a woman and two teenagers at Grand Lahou.

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