Ivorians vote in local polls

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Abidjan -  

Ivorians began voting on Sunday in local elections seen as a trial run for a presidential poll in 2015 amid high tensions as the party  of former president Laurent Gbagbo boycotted the poll.

Voting began at a polling station in Abidjan's working-class Koumassi district about half an hour after the official 7.00am (07.00 GMT) starting time, while others were still not open in the west African country's main city.

Ivory Coast is still recovering from years of unrest which came to a head when Gbagbo refused to admit defeat in the 2010

presidential election. - Sapa-AFP



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