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Ivory Coast Opposition Leaders Meet In Daoukro
Former Ivory Coast presidents Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie met on Saturday to publicly oppose sitting-President Allasane Ouattara's third term, which the Ivorian opposition has deemed unconstitutional.
Former Ivory Coast presidents Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie met on Saturday to publicly oppose sitting-President Allasane Ouattara's third term, which the Ivorian opposition has deemed unconstitutional.
President Ouattara was re-elected for a third term at the end of last year following a tense election that was marred by clashes and an opposition boycott.
Saturday's meeting, held in Daoukro, a town situated in the east of Ivory Coast, marked the first time in a decade the two former leaders had met, and signaled a potential new chapter for Gbagbo, who returned to Ivory Coast last month two years after he was acquitted of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.