GUILLAUME Soro, a former prime minister and rebel leader in Ivory Coast, has gone on trial in absentia on charges he plotted a coup against President Alassane Ouattara. The trial got off to a fiery start with Soro's defence insisting on more time to examine alleged evidence against Soro and the 19 others accused in the case. As a result, the second day of the trial was postponed to May 26, said Diallo Souleymane, who is on his legal team. His lawyers have condemned the case as politically motivated and say there is no evidence Soro was guilty of conspiracy.…