Côte d'Ivoire: Presidential Polls date announced

Côte d'Ivoire has slated November 30th 2008 as the day on which it will hold its Presidential elections - a development which has pushed the country further down the road of political progress after years of turmoil and earned the country praise from the International community. Côte d'Ivoire has been in turmoil since 2002 but a 2007 Peace Agreement signed in Ouagadougou paved the way for an end to the conflict and included a provision calling for free and fair elections to be held. The election date has been agreed to by all Ivorian political parties. A lot of work still remains to be done to ensure that there will be a free and fair election as well as to maintain continued progress out of dark days of ethnic animosity but there now, more than ever, seems to be sufficient political goodwill to see this through.

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