Ivory Coast election on Sunday a crucial crossroads
The West African nation of Ivory Coast holds long-awaited presidential elections Sunday, the first since civil war erupted in 2002 and split the world's leading cocoa producer in half.
Millions of people here are hoping the repeatedly delayed poll will reunite the divided country and restore stability after more than a decade of chaos and tension. But with ex-rebels still armed in the north, powerful militias running free in the west and militants on all sides who don't want to lose, many also fear the political contest could unleash a new era of unrest. (AP)
