الرئيسية
Ivory Coast elects a new parliament Sunday in a poll boycotted by the
party of former strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who is awaiting trial in The
Hague for crimes against humanity.
With Gbagbo sitting in an
International Criminal Court (ICC) cell, the coalition backing President
Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to gain a majority of the 255
seats in the new assembly.
The vote comes only a year after the
poll that brought the West African country to the brink of civil war in a
conflict that claimed some 3,000 lives. And it follows a week of
campaigning that left five people dead.
party of former strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who is awaiting trial in The
Hague for crimes against humanity.
With Gbagbo sitting in an
International Criminal Court (ICC) cell, the coalition backing President
Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to gain a majority of the 255
seats in the new assembly.
The vote comes only a year after the
poll that brought the West African country to the brink of civil war in a
conflict that claimed some 3,000 lives. And it follows a week of
campaigning that left five people dead.