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Presidential election postponed to October

    ABIDJAN

    Cote d’Ivoire’s government has postponed the first round of presidential elections from 17 September to 22 October at the request of the state body organising the polls. Should a second round prove necessary, it will be held on 5 November, according to a decree adopted on Wednesday by the cabinet.

    The Conseil national electoral (CNE) had requested the postponement to iron out a number of technical hitches. It said, for example, that only 250,000 eligible voters aged 18 to 20 years had registered whereas 800,000 to 1,000,000 had been expected, while the delivery of identity papers to electors had only just begun.

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