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IVORY COAST
Critical census to be held before November elections
Ivory Coast is set to hold a new general census to update the electoral register, ahead of November's presidential elections - a key step in trying to resolve the crisis that has torn the country in two over the past six years.
A WEEK IN AFRICA
Laurent Gbagbo set to run for another presidential term
A week in Africa marked by electoral campaigns: in Ivory Coast, President Laurent Gbagbo, who's been in office for eight years, is set to seek another term, while in Angola, parliamentary elections are supposed to turn the page of civil war.
IVORY COAST

Abidjan's French school opens anew

The Blaise Pascal French school in Abidjan has reopened four years after it was forced to shut down in the wake of anti-French riots in the Ivory Coast – a sign that the country may be ready to turn the page.
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IVORY COAST - ELECTION
Ivory Coast's Gbabgo to seek new term in office
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, in office for the past 8 years, was named Saturday as his party's candidate for the country's November 30 presidential election. Gbabgo will formally announce his candidacy in October, an official said.
IVORY COAST - UN
UN troops to stay in Ivory Coast until January
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast to support the organisation of long-delayed presidential elections scheduled for November.
BURKINA FASO - IVORY COAST
Gbagbo makes landmark peace-driven visit to Burkina
"I have come to announce peace", Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo told Burkina Faso's lawmakers, during a landmark three-day visit to Ouagadougou signaling warming relations between the two countries.
IVORY COAST - FUEL
Ministers' pay halved for diesel price cut
Following a serious transport strike, the Ivory Coast's government decided to cut the fixed price of diesel. In order to finance this decision that will cost the state 300 million euros, the government will cut ministerial salaries in half.
IVORY COAST - INquiry
Ivory Coast charges French over missing scribe
Authorities in Ivory Coast on Friday called for four French consultants to be charged over the 2004 disappearance of Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer, believed to have been killed while researching a story on corruption.
JUSTICE - IVORY COAST
Ivory Coast first lady summoned over missing journalist
Simone Gbagbo has reportedly been summoned to testify before a French judge in Paris on Thursday, over the disappearance of Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer in 2004. The first lady's lawyer, however, said she is yet to receive any summons.
FRANCE - IVORY COAST
Kouchner vows support for winning candidate
French FM Bernard Kouchner, on a visit to the Ivory Coast, said the "crisis" between the two nations had been overcome. Whilst there, he visited a French school to be re-opened after 5 years of closing. (Report: N. Navarro, A.H. Gnanih)
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