Ivory Coast
Ouattara in final negotiations to form new government

Alassane Ouattara is consulting widely to form a new government after the 6 March parliamentary elections and the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko. [...]
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Ivory Coast, West Africa
African leaders' phones red hot as they scramble for news of Hamed Bakayoko

Since prime minister Hamed Bakayoko was evacuated to France on 18 February, his allies and associates have been phoning their contacts frantically to try to get news of him. The Ivorian presidency delayed making announcements to avoid disrupting the parliamentary election count but has now appointed two key presidency figures to take care of pressing government business.

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