The African Union has named five heads of state and tasked them to persuade Ivorian Leader Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish power in the world\u2019s largest cocoa producing country.
\nCote d’Ivoire has been gripped by a political crisis since the country’s Election Commission named Alassane Ouattara, 69, winner of Nov. 28 election. This is because the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, 65, has refused to concede defeat, alleging voter fraud in the rebel controlled north that supports Ouattara.
\nThe new mediators include President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 of Burkina Faso(West), Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania(North), Idriss D\u00e9by of Chad(Central), Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania(East) and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa (representing the south).
\nThe five are expected to come up with a solution for the crisis within the next month, according to Director of Communications at the Presidency Koku Anyidoho.
\nThe AU\u2019s security panel decided at a January 29 meeting in Ethiopia\u2019s capital, Addis Ababa, to appoint a mediation panel – comprising one leader from each of Africa\u2019s five geographic regions – to resolve the stalemate. The continental grouping\u2019s previous mediation efforts, led by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The African Union has named five heads of state and tasked them to persuade Ivorian Leader Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish power in the world\u2019s largest cocoa producing country. Cote d’Ivoire has been gripped by a political crisis since the country’s Election Commission named Alassane Ouattara, 69, winner of Nov. 28 election. This is because the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n