- Title: Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves gov't after poll
- Date: 9th January 2017
- Summary: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (JANUARY 9, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE VARIOUS OF IVORY COAST PRESIDENT, ALASSANE OUATTARA, SHAKING HANDS WITH PRIME MINISTER DANIEL KABLAN DUNCAN DUNCAN DESCENDING STAIRS JOURNALISTS FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (French) IVORY COAST PRIME MINISTER, DANIEL KABLAN DUNCAN, SAYING: "Many things have been accomplished by this government, but there are also many things left to be done because, as you know, the final objective is to ensure that we can achieve the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast's great ambition of making Ivory Coast an emerging country by 2020. This is essential. This is what I wanted to say to you all this morning. Therefore, the government and the Prime Minister have resigned." DUNCAN SHAKING HANDS WITH GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON
- Embargoed: 24th January 2017 13:30
- Keywords: Abidjan Ivory Coast Duncan Ouattara prime minister resignation
- Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- City: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- Country: Ivory Coast
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0015YD0MRR
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- Story Text:Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday (January 9), in a move that had been expected following the approval of a new constitution and parliamentary elections last month.
Duncan announced his resignation after a meeting with President Alassane Ouattara at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan.
"Many things have been accomplished by this government, but there are also many things left to be done because, as you know, the final objective is to ensure that we can achieve the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast's great ambition of making the Ivory Coast an emerging country by 2020. This is essential. This is what I wanted to say to you all this morning. Therefore, the government and the Prime Minister have resigned," said Duncan.
Ivory Coast, which has French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has emerged from a 2002-2011 political crisis as one of the continent's rising economic stars.
But years of conflict and a failure to reform its army, made up of former rebel fighters and government soldiers, have left it hobbled by division. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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