In Ivory Coast, presidential election is heading toward a second round runoff because no candidate won more than half of the votes cast Sunday. Electoral commission said, President Laurent Gbagbo won about 38 percent of the votes while former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara won just over 32 percent. They will now face off in a second round run off later this month because neither man won an outright majority of the more than four million votes cast. Former President Henri Konan Bedie finished third with about 25 percent of the votes. The election is meant to reunite the country, eight years after the start of civil war. The vote was held in areas under government control and in parts of the north that remain under the command of a former rebel movement.Meanwhile, at least four people have been killed and 30 others missing when a mudslide triggered by heavy rain crashed into homes in the capital. Rescue officials said, a wave of mud and rocks rushed down the Pico Blanco hill at dawn and slammed into several homes in San Jose suburb San Antonio de Escazu. Specialised units rushed to the site to review the damage and search for survivors. Several towns along the country's Pacific coast were flooded and isolated due to heavy rains over the past 48 hours.
News On AIR | November 4, 2010 8:36 PM
Ivory Coast to hold presidential polls again because of fractured verdict