Factions Leave Ruling Coalition After Violence
Rebels and the main opposition party suspended participation in Ivory Coast’s power-sharing government after 25 people were killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters, who marched in defiance of a government ban.
The street skirmishes were the bloodiest to hit the West African nation’s commercial capital since a failed September 2002 coup split the country.
The dead included two police officers and 12 civilians killed by protesters wielding machetes, Abidjan Police Chief Yapo Kouassi told reporters. Security forces struggling to maintain order killed several others, he said.
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