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Prosecutor: Ivory Coast Opposition Leaders Face Prison for Forming Rival
Government

Reuters

   ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST - Opposition candidates in Ivory Coast's election
   face charges of terrorism and up to life in prison for denouncing the
   vote and creating a rival government after President Alassane
   Ouattara's victory, a public prosecutor said Friday.

   The opposition boycotted the October 31 ballot after Ouattara decided
   to run for a third term in a country that has a two-term limit.

   When results showed Ouattara won with 94% of the vote, former President
   Henri Konan Bedie and ex-Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan said they
   did not recognize the vote and announced a transition government.

   Ouattara, in power since 2010, says approval of a new constitution in
   2016 restarted his mandate and allowed him to run again.

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