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Students on hunger strike

    ABIDJAN

    About 10 students have gone on a hunger strike at the Cathedrale Saint Paul (Saint Paul’s Cathedral) in Abidjan to press the ruling Conseil National de Salut Publique (CNSP) to allow ousted president Henri Konan Bedie to return to Cote d’Ivoire.

    Bedie fled to France via Togo after he was overthrown by the military on 24 December 1999. In early August, a delegation from his party, the Parti Democratique de Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), asked CNSP leader General Robert Guei to allow Bedie to return but Guei said he should wait until his security could be guaranteed.

    Meanwhile, the opposition Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party announced on Monday that its followers would demonstrate in Abidjan on Thursday to call for Guei to resign from the CNSP. RDR leader Alassane Ouattara stated at his party’s convention that Guei should resign if he wanted to run for president.

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