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Ivory Coast president accepts resignation of government

Published: 06 Jan 2016 - 03:13 pm | Last Updated: 11 Nov 2021 - 07:32 am
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A file photo of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara during celebrations marking the 55th anniversary of independence from France, in front of the presidential palace in Abidjan, on August 7, 2015. AFP

 

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government on Wednesday.
“The establishment of a new government will have better coherence as a goal so the government can be more efficient,” Ouattara said in a meeting attended by the media.
Ouattara was elected for a second five-year term in October with nearly 84 percent of the vote in a poll intended to mark an end to nearly a decade of crisis capped by a civil war in 2011.

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