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New Ivory Coast President Visits Senegal

   VOA News  May 12, 2011
   Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony at the
   presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 6, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony at the
   presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 6, 2011

   Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara heads to Senegal on Thursday -
   his first foreign trip since being sworn in last week.
   Ouattara's office is calling the trip a "friendly and working visit."
   Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade supported Ouattara during his
   standoff with former president Laurent Gbagbo.
   Gbagbo refused to turn over power after Ouattara was declared the
   winner of the November presidential election. The standoff triggered
   four months of violence until Gbagbo's arrest by pro-Ouattara forces on
   April 11.
   Ouattara's trip coincides with three days of national mourning in Ivory
   Coast for victims of the post-election violence.
   The observance runs through Friday for the estimated 3,000 people
   killed.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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